| Wegner's glass lizard | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Dopasia |
| Species: | D. hainanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dopasia hainanensis (Mertens, 1959) | |
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Dopasia wegneri, Wegner's glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. [2] It is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia although some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon.
Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal arch, striations on the medial faces of tooth crowns, osteoderms, and a lateral fold in the skin of most taxa. The group is divided into two living subfamilies, the legless Anguinae, which contains slow worms and glass lizards, among others, found across the Northern Hemisphere, and Gerrhonotinae, which contains the alligator lizards, native to the Americas. The family Diploglossidae was also fomerly included. The family contains about 87 species in 8 genera.
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized.
Ophisaurus is a genus of superficially snake-like lizards in the family Anguidae.
Anguinae is a subfamily of legless lizards in the family Anguidae, commonly called glass lizards, glass snakes or slow worms. The first two names come from the fact their tails easily break or snap off. Members of Anguinae are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They first appeared in Europe during the early Eocene, around 48-49 million years ago, originating from North American ancestors that crossed the Thule Land Bridge and spread toward Asia sometime after the drying of the Turgai Strait at the beginning of the Oligocene, and then across the Bering land bridge to North America during the Miocene.
Dopasia gracilis, known commonly as the Asian glass lizard, the Burmese glass lizard, or the Indian glass snake, is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
The Flores tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Flores, Indonesia.
Altagonum wegneri is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae. It was described by Louwerens in 1956.
Eupoecilia wegneri is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Java in Indonesia.
Falsozeargyra wegneri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Falsozeargyra. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1963.
Dopasia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus contains seven species, which are native to Asia. They are most closely related to the North American Ophisaurus, and are sometimes considered part of that genus.
Oreomylodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth in the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Ecuador during the Pleistocene. The only species, O. wegneri, was long considered to be either a species or subgenus of Glossotherium or a junior synonym of Glossotherium robustum, but studies of its cranial anatomy published in 2019 have supported Oreomylodon as a valid genus, and suggested it is more closely related to Paramylodon. However, a subsequent analysis published in 2020 again sunk Oreomylodon wegneri into Glossotherium, as a distinct species. It shows adaptations to living in a high-altitude habitat, and its fossils have frequently been unearthed in the Interandean Valles of Ecuador, at elevations of between 2,450 and 3,100 meters.
Dopasia buettikoferi, Buettikofer's glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. It is found in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Dopasia hainanensis, the Hainan glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. It is endemic to Hainan Island in China.
Dopasia harti, Hart's glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. It is found in Vietnam, China, and Taiwan.
Dopasia ludovici, Ludovic’s glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. It is found in Vietnam.
Dopasia sokolovi, Sokolov's glass lizard, is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. It is found in Vietnam.
