North-East Morocco, North Algeria, Tunisia, North Libya and Mediterranean Egypt, west of the Nile. 

Species:

Ophisops occidentalis  BOULENGER, 1887

Common names:

Western Snake-eyed Lizard (English)
Westliches Schlangenauge (German)

Types:

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.9.4.16-17, 1885.4.13.3, 1946.9.4.18, 1946.9.4.19

Terra Typica:

Matmata, 43 km south of Gabes ( = Qabis), Tunisia.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1887) -  12. Ophisops, 3. Ophisops occidentalis.  -  In: Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleonidae. - London, 1887: pp. 75.   

  • Schlüter, U. (2003) -  Zur Kenntnis des westlichen Schlangenauges, Ophisops occidentalis (Boulenger, 1887). -  elaphe (N.F.), 11 (3): 56-63.  

  • Kyriazi, P. & Poulakakis, N. & Parmakelis, A. & Crochet, P.A. & Moravec, J. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Tsigenopoulos, C.S. & Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. & Lymberakis, P. (2008) -  Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis)(Sauria: Lacertidae) -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49 (3): 795-805.