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Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (de Queiroz and Reeder 2008), but only the Eastern Slender Glass Lizard (O. a. longicaudus) occurs in Tennessee (Conant 1998).
Distribution: The Slender Glass Lizard is known from 27 counties scattered across the state, but it has yet to be documented from the counties in northwest and northeast Tennessee.
Museum Records by Counties: Bledsoe—FLMNH 17475; NCSM 8399. Blount—GSMNP 3863, 3864, 15871; UTKVZC 04760, 04761. Bradley—USNM 029618. Cumberland—AMNH R-73589; TTU 483, uncataloged (1 specimen); UMMZ 56364. Grundy—APSU 2456. Hardeman—16855-16857, 17484; LSUMZ 34770; UMMZ 97434, 97435. Henderson—APSU 6002. Hickman—APSU 3436. Knox—MCZ 606; USNM 004169; UTKVZC 03424. McNairy—APSU 12140. Montgomery—APSU 02373, 03763, 05467. Polk—APSU 17481; FLMNH 17474. Putnam—TTU uncataloged (1 specimens). Roane—USNM 014724. Rutherford—MTSU uncataloged (2 specimens). Scott—UTKVZC 03423. Sequatchie—APSU 02456. Van Buren—NCSM 8402. White—TTU 322.
Literature Sources by Counties: Bedford—Gentry (1956). Blount—King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1965), Huheey and Stupka (1967). Bradley—Burt (1937), McConkey (1954), Cochran (1961). Chester—Endsley (1954). Coffee—Miller (1995b), Miller et al. (2005), Niemiller (2005). Cumberland—McConkey (1954), Gentry (1956). Davidson—Gentry (1956). Franklin—Miller (1995b), Gerald (2005), Miller et al. (2005), Gerald et al. (2006. Hardeman—Endsley (1954), McConkey (1954), Gentry (1956), Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975). Knox—Cope (1900), Burt (1937), McConkey (1954), Cochran (1961). Roane—Cope (1900), Burt (1937), McConkey (1954), Cochran (1961). Shelby—Parker (1948). Sumner—Gentry (1956). Van Buren—Gentry (1956). Warren—Gentry (1956).
Questionable and/or Erroneous Records: None.
Conservation Status: Tennessee populations of Ophisaurus attenuatus are considered Wildlife in Need of Management by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission (Proclamation 00-14, Wildlife in Need of Management) and are given a state ranking of S3 (rare and uncommon in the state, from 21-100 occurrences) by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Natural Heritage (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 2004).
Posted: 14 July 2008
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