Ludovic's glass lizard

Ludovic's glass lizard
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Dopasia
Species:	D. ludovici
Binomial name
	Dopasia ludovici; (Mocquard, 1905)
Synonyms
	Ophisaurus ludovici; Mocquard, 1905;

Last updated March 21, 2025

Dopasia ludovici, also known commonly as Ludovic's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Anguinae of the family Anguidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ludovici (meaning "of Louis" in Latin), is in honor of French zoologist Léon Louis Vaillant.^[3]^{: 162, 271}

Geographic range

Dopasia ludovici is found in northern Vietnam,^[1]^[2] and it has been reported to also occur in Sichuan, China.^[1]

Description

Dopasia ludovici has no legs. Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 19.5 cm (7.7 in).^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Dopasia ludovici is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft).^[1]

Behavior

Dopasia ludovici is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Nguyen, T.Q. (2019). "Dopasia ludovici ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T99942309A99942336. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
1 2 3 4 Dopasia ludovici at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.
↑ Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Bobrov, V.V. (1995). "Checklist and bibliography of the lizards of Vietnam". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (105): 1–28. (Ophisaurus ludovici, p. 22).
Bobrov, V.V.; Semenov, D.V. (2008). [Lizards of Vietnam]. Moscow: [KMK Scientific Press]. 236 pp. (Ophisaurus ludovici).
Mocquard, F. (1905). "Sur une collection de reptiles recueillie dans le Haut-Tonkin, par M. le docteur Louis Vaillant ". Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris, Neuvième Série [Ninth Series]. 7: 317–322. (Ophisaurus ludovici, new species, pp. 317–318 + Figure 1 on p. 320). (in French).
Nguyen, Truong Quang; Böhme, Wolfgang; Nguyen, Tao Thien; Le, Quyet Khac; Pahl, Kristian Robert; Haus, Tanja; Ziegler, Thomas (2011). "Review of the genus Dopasia Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Anguidae) in the Indochina subregion". Zootaxa. 2894: 58–68. (Dopasia ludovici, new combination).

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Nguyen, T.Q. (2019). "Dopasia ludovici ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T99942309A99942336. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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

[3] Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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