| Hart'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. harti |
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| Dopasia harti (Boulenger, 1899) | |
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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.
The specific name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China. [3]
D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. [2]
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]
D. harti is limbless. [2]
D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
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]
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