Ophiomorus, A.M.C.Dumeril & Bibron, 1839

Kazemi, Seyed Mahdi, Qomi, Masood Farhadi, Kami, Haji Gholi & Anderson, Steven Clement, 2011, A new species of Ophiomorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province, Iran, with a revised key to the genus, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 5 (1), pp. 23-33 : 23-24

Diagnosis of the genus Ophiomorus (from Greer and Wilson 2001)

The genus Ophiomorus may be diagnosed vis-a-vis the generally primitive scincid genus Eumeces on the basis of the following derived character states: nostril between an upper and lower nasal scale, both of uncertain homology …; prefrontal scales separated; frontal scale hour-glass shaped due to constriction of frontal by first supraocular (except in O. latastii …) …; supraoculars three (as opposed to four); supraciliary row incomplete lateral to most posterior supraocular, i.e., most posterior supraocular enters supraciliary row: frontoparietals separated;

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pretemporal single: lower eyelid with clear central disc; postsupralabial single; postmentals two (variable in Eumeces , hence possibly primitive in skinks): dorsal and lateral body scales with one or sometimes two (in tandem) minute pits in central posterior part of scale; digits 4/3 or less and phalanges 2.3.4.2/2.3.4 or less; premaxillary teeth modally <6; presacral vertebrae> 45; sternal/mesosternal ribs <3/l; inscriptional chevrons> 7…; thoracic and sometimes anterior lumbar ribs with dorsoanterio accessory processes.