Ophiomorus blanfordii, also known commonly as Blanford's snake skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Western Asia and South Asia.
Etymology The specific name, blanfordii, is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Ophiomorus blanfordi [sic]", p. 27).
Geographic range O. blanfordii is found in southeastern Iran and northwestern Pakistan.
Description O. blanfordii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a tail length of . The legs are small and underdeveloped. Each front foot has four toes, and each hind foot has three toes.Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. ("Ophimorus blanfordi [sic]", pp. 347–348).
Reproduction O. blanfordii is viviparous.
References
Further reading Blanford WT (1879). "Notes on Reptilia". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 48 (3): 127–132. (Zygnidopsis brevipes, new species, p. 128). Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .