Ophiodes is a genus of South American legless lizards in the family Diploglossidae.
Species Ophiodes contains six species. Ophiodes enso Ophiodes fragilis – fragile worm lizard Ophiodes intermedius Ophiodes luciae – Lucy’s worm lizard Ophiodes striatus – striped worm lizard Ophiodes vertebralis – jointed worm lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophiodes.
References
Further reading Wagler [JG] (1828). "Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum ". Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. (Ophiodes, new genus, p. 740). (in German).