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|image = ... lizard -- Beddome's Snake-Eye (Ophisops beddomei) (7385185304).jpg<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]], [[Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar|Vijayakumar SP]], [[Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesan|Ganesan SR]], Ramesh M (2014). "''Ophisops beddomei'' ". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172618A1353104. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T172618A1353104.en. Downloaded on 15 May 2019.</ref><br />
|genus = Ophisops<br />
|species = beddomei<br />
|authority = ([[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1870)<br />
|synonyms = *''Pseudophiops beddomei'' <br>{{small|Jerdon, 1870}}<br />
*''Pseudophiops monticola'' <br>{{small|[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1870}}<br />
*''Ophiops beddomii'' <br>{{small|— [[Ferdinand Stoliczka|Stoliczka]], 1872}}<br />
*''Ophisops beddomei'' <br>{{small|— [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1935}}<br />
|synonyms_ref =<ref>[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Ophisops beddomei'', p. 378).</ref><br />
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'''''Ophisops beddomei''''', commonly known as '''Beddome's snake-eye''' or '''Beddome’ s lacerta''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lacertidae]]. The species is a [[diurnal cycle|diurnal]] and fast-moving [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] lizard, which is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
''O. beddomei'' is found in Western India in the Indian states of [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashta]], and [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=RDB>"''Ophisops beddomei'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><br />
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The type locality is given as "Bremnagherry hills" ([[Brahmagiri (hill), Karnataka|Brahmagiri Hills]]), [[Wayanad]].<ref>[[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon TC]] (1870).</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
''O. beddomei'' is named after [[Richard Henry Beddome]], 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Ophisops beddomei'', p. 21).</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
''O. beddomei'' is very similar to ''[[Ophisops jerdonii|O. jerdonii]]''. ''O. beddomei'' has two or three frontonasals on a transverse line, one or two azygos prefrontals nearly always are present, and the first and fourth supraoculars are usually broken up into several very small shields or granules. Lateral scales are distinctly smaller than the dorsals; 28 to 32 scales occur around the body. Femoral pores number eight to 13. Coloration is as in ''O. jerdonii'', but the upper lateral light streak is frequently absent.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("''Ophiops beddomii'' [sic]", pp. 174-175).</ref><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
The preferred natural [[habitat]]s of ''O. beddomei'' are [[grassland]], [[shrubland]], and [[forest]], at altitudes of {{convert|200|–|1,000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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==Diet==<br />
''O. beddomei'' [[Predation|preys]] upon [[insect]]s.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
''O. beddomei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome RH]] (1870). "Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency". ''Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science'' '''2''': 169-176. [Reprint. 1940: ''Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural Science, London'' '''1''' (10): 327-334.]<br />
*[[Nemai Charan Gayen|Gayen NC]] (1999). "A synopsis of the reptiles of Gujarat, western India". ''Hamadryad'' '''24''' (1): 1-22.<br />
*[[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon TC]] (1870). "Notes on Indian Herpetology". ''Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' '''March 1870''': 66-85. (''Pseudophiops beddomei'', new species, p.&nbsp;72).<br />
*[[Raju Vyas|Vyas R]] (2003). "First record of ''Ophisops beddomei'' (Jerdon, 1870) from Gujarat State, western India". ''Hamadryad'' '''27''' (2): 280-281.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{NRDB species|genus=Ophisops|species=beddomei}}<br />
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[[Category:Reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1870]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Thomas C. Jerdon]]<br />
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