Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Pseudopus
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Eurasian Glass Lizard
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Scheltopusik, Panzerschleiche
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Eurasisk Glasøgle, Scheltopusik
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1820 |  |
Pseudopus Merrem (type species: Pseudopus serpentinus Merrem 1820) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Ophisaurus (e.g., Wermuth 1969). Revalidated by Klembara (1981) and Macey, Schulte, Larson, Tuniyev, Orlov & Papenfuss (1999).
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Pseudopus apodus
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Eurasian Glass Lizard, European Glass Lizard, Scheltopusik, Glass Snake, Armoured Glass Lizard
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Scheltopusik, Panzerschleiche
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Scheltopusik, Eurasisk Glasøgle
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1775 | |
Lacerta apoda Pallas |
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Ophisaurus apodus Mertens & Wermuth 1960 |
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Pseudopus apodus Klembara 1979 |
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1789 | |
Bipède sheltopusik Bonnaterre (Wermuth 1969) |
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1789 | |
Lacerta apus Gmelin [substitute name for Lacerta apoda Pallas 1775] (Boulenger 1885) |
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Ophisaurus apus Boulenger 1885 |
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1802 | |
Sheltopusik didactylus Sonnini & latreille [substitute name for Lacerta apus Gmelin 1789] (Wermuth 1969) |
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1811 | |
Bipes pallasii Oppel [nomen nudum] (Wermuth 1969) |
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1820 | |
Pseudopus serpentinus Merrem [substitute name for Lacerta apoda Pallas 1775] (Wermuth 1969) |
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1826 | |
Pseudopus oppelii Fitzinger [nomen nudum] (Boulenger 1885) |
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1829 | |
Pseudopus pallasii Cuvier [substitute name for Lacerta apoda Pallas 1775] (Wermuth 1969) |
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1832 | |
Pseudopus fischeri Ménétriès (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophisaurus novorossicus Aleksejev (Wermuth 1969) |
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1978 | |
Ophisaurus apodus thracius Obst |
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Pseudopus apodus thracius Klembara 1979 [by implication] |
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2021 | |
Pseudopus apodus levantinus Jablonski, Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri, Maza, Mikulícek & Jandzik in Jablonski, Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri, Maza, Kukushkin, Chirikova, Pirosová, Jelic, Mikulícek & Jandzik |
Other common names:
apodus: Caucasian Glass Lizard
levantinus: Levantine Glass Lizard
thracius: Thracian Glass Lizard
Introduced to:
USA
(New Jersey).
Remarks:
Likely to occur in Romania, as reported by some authors (e.g., Obst 1981), but confirmation is still needed
(Cogalniceanu, Rozylowicz, Székely, Samoila, Stanescu, Tudor, Székely & Iosif 2013).
Distribution:
Afghanistan,
Albania,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Georgia,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon,
Montenegro,
North Macedonia,
Russia,
Slovenia,
Syria,
Tajikistan,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine
(incl.
Crimea),
Uzbekistan.
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Pseudopus apodus
© Rune Midtgaard
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