Hart's glass lizard

Hart's glass lizard
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Dopasia
Species:	D. harti
Binomial name
	Dopasia harti; (Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
	Ophisaurus hartiBoulenger, 1899; Ophisaurus formosensis Kishida, 1930;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Dopasia harti, also known commonly as the Chinese glass lizard and Hart's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.^[2] The species is native to south-eastern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China.^[3]

Distribution

D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. harti is forest, at altitudes of 400–2,600 m (1,300–8,500 ft), but it has also been found in farmland.^[1]

Description

D. harti is limbless.^[2]

Behavior

D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

D. harti is oviparous.^[1]^[2] From June to September, the female of the species may lay a clutch of 4–13 eggs under leaf litter or rocks, and then stay with the eggs to guard them.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Rao, D.-Q. (2021). "Dopasia harti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T99942213A99942301. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 Dopasia harti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophisaurus harti, p. 117).

Boulenger GA (1899). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N. W. Fokien, China". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1899: 159–172 + Plates XVI–XIX. (Ophisaurus harti, new species, p. 160–161, Figure 1 + Plate XVI).
Conrad, Jack L.; Ast, Jennifer C.; Montanari, Shaena; Norell, Mark A. (2011). "A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata)". Cladistics27 (3): 230–277. (Dopasia harti, new combination). doi : 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x
Kishida K (1930). "Notes on a Formosan Lizard of the Family Anguidae". Lansania, Tokyo2 (18): 124–128. (Ophisaurus formosensis, new species).
Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + plate I + 2 maps. (Ophisaurus harti, pp. 394–395).
Stejneger L (1919). "The 'Glass-Snake' of Formosa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington32: 142. (Ophisaurus harti).

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Rao, D.-Q. (2021). "Dopasia harti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T99942213A99942301. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Dopasia harti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophisaurus harti, p. 117).

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