Ophiomorus raithmai
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophiomorus |
| Species: | O. raithmai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophiomorus raithmai S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
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Ophiomorus raithmai, known
Etymology
The specific name, raithmai, is derived from the Sindhi common name for this lizard, raith mai, which means "sand fish".[3]
Geographic range
O. raithmai is found in northwestern India (Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan) and in adjacent southeastern Pakistan.[4]
Habitat
The natural habitat of O. raithmai is desert.[5]
Reproduction
O. raithmai is viviparous.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Anderson SC, Leviton AE (1966). "A review of the genus Ophiomorus (Sauria: Scincidae), with descriptions of three new forms". Proceedings of the California Acadademy of Sciences, Fourth Series 33 (16): 499-534, 8 figures, 1 table. (Ophiomorus raithmai, new species, pp. 519-525 + Figures 4e, 4f, 5c).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophiomorus raithmai, p. 216).
- ^ a b Species Ophiomorus raithmai at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- IUCNRed List of Threatened Species 2010.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Ophiomorus raithmai, p. 112).
- Greer AE, Wilson GDF (2001). "Comments on the scincid lizard genus Ophiomorus, with a cladistic analysis of the species". Hamadryad 26 (2): 261–271.
- ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
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