| Buettikofer's glass lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Dopasia |
| Species: | D. buettikoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dopasia buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Dopasia buettikoferi, also known commonly as the Bornean glass snake and Buettikofer's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. [2] The species is native to Indonesia and Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
The specific name, buettikoferi, is in honor of Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of D. buettikoferi is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,600 m (980–5,250 ft). [1]
D. buettikoferi has no external limbs, and its tail is three times as long as its head and body. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12.5 cm (4.9 in) and a tail length of 37.5 cm (14.8 in). It is brown dorsally and yellowish ventally. There is a dark brown line on each side of the body and tail. [2]
D. buettikoferi is diurnal, terrestrial, and semi-fossorial. [1]
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