Species

Sheltopusik

Pseudopus apodus · described by (PALLAS 1775)

The facts

Scientific name
Pseudopus apodus
First described
(PALLAS 1775)
Also called
Sheltopusik, European Legless Lizard
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Anguidae
Genus
Pseudopus
Subspecies
  • Pseudopus apodus apodus (PALLAS 1775)
  • Pseudopus apodus levantinus JABLONSKI, RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, MEIRI, MAZA, MIKULÍČEK & JANZIK 2021
  • Pseudopus apodus thracius (OBST 1978)

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.