Buettikofer's glass lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Dopasia
Species:
D. buettikoferi
Binomial name
Dopasia buettikoferi
Synonyms[2]
  • Ophisaurus büttikoferi
    Lidth de Jeude, 1905
  • Ophisaurus buettikoferi
    (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)

Dopasia buettikoferi, also known commonly as the Bornean glass snake and Buettikofer's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.[2] The species is native to Indonesia and Malaysia on the island of Borneo.

Etymology

The specific name, buettikoferi, is in honor of Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. buettikoferi is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,600 m (980–5,250 ft).[1]

Description

D. buettikoferi has no external limbs, and its tail is three times as long as its head and body. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12.5 cm (4.9 in) and a tail length of 37.5 cm (14.8 in). It is brown dorsally and yellowish ventally. There is a dark brown line on each side of the body and tail.[2]

Behavior

D. buettikoferi is diurnal, terrestrial, and semi-fossorial.[1]

Diet

D. buettikoferi preys predominately upon insects.[1]

Reproduction

D. buettikoferi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2019). "Dopasia buettikoferi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T99942009A99942042. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dopasia buettikoferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. ↑ 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. (Ophisaurus buettikoferi, p. 44).

Further reading

  • Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Ophisaurus buettikoferi, p. 88).
  • Lidth de Jeude TW (1905). "Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central-Borneo. The Reptiles. Part I. Lizards". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 187–202. (Ophisaurus büttikofer, new species, pp. 192–193).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Ophisaurus buettikoferi, p. 202). (in German).
  • de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Ophisaurus büttikoferi, pp. 139–140, Figure 62).



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