Hart's glass lizard

Dopasia harti, also known commonly as the Chinese glass lizard and Hart's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to south-eastern Asia.

Etymology
The speciic name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China.

Distribution
D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. harti is forest, at altitudes of 400 –, but it has also been found in farmland.

Description
D. harti is limbless.

Behavior
D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction
D. harti is oviparous. From June to September, the female of the species may lay a clutch of 4–13 eggs under leaf litter or rocks, and then stay with the eggs to guard them.