Greek snake skink

Ophiomorus punctatissimus from the Peloponnese, Greece
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ophiomorus
Species:	O. punctatissimus
Binomial name
*Ophiomorus punctatissimus* (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)

Synonyms
Anguis punctatissimus Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833 Ophiomorus punctatissimus — Boulenger, 1887^[1]

The Greek snake skink (Ophiomorus punctatissimus) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.^[2]

Geographic range

The skink can be found in Greece and Turkey.^[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and plantations.^[2]

Arnold EN, Burton JA. 1978. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. London: Collins. 272 pp. ISBN 0-00-219318-3. (Ophiomorus punctatissimus, p. 181 + Plate 33 + Map 99).
Bibron G, Bory de Saint-Vincent JB. 1833. "Vertébrés a Sang froid. Reptiles et Poissons". pp. 57–76. In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire I, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire É. 1833. Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences physiques. Tome III.—1.re Partie. Zoologie. Première Section.—Des animaux vertébrés. Paris & Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault. 400 pp. + plates. (Anguis punctatissimus, pp. 71–72 + Plate XI, Figure 5).
Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... ,Scincidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ophiomorus punctatissimus, p. 397).

Ophiomorus punctatissimus