---
title: "Snake-eyed Lizard"
description: "Ophisops elegans — Reptiles. Ophisops elegans es una especie de lagarto escincomorfo de la familia Lacertidae.​"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/snake-eyed-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Snake-eyed Lizard

> Ophisops elegans — Reptiles. Ophisops elegans es una especie de lagarto escincomorfo de la familia Lacertidae.​

- Scientific name: *Ophisops elegans*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3336
- Wikidata: [Q929607](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929607)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35760](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35760)

## Names

- en: Snake-eyed Lizard
- de: Europäisches Schlangenauge
- fr: Ophisops élégant
- nl: Slangenooghagedis
- pl: Jaszczurka wężooka

## Countries with the most observations

TR (1009), CY (735), GR (406), IL (230), IR (147), AM (123), SY (105), LB (38), JO (33), RU (27), IQ (25), PS (15)

## Summary

Ophisops elegans es una especie de lagarto escincomorfo de la familia Lacertidae.​

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophisops_elegans

## Photo

![Snake-eyed Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/snake-eyed-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Татьяна Прозорова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42395999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/snake-eyed-lizard?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).