Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Anguidae Europe Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Anguis Biodiversity of the family Anguidae Bibliography of the genus Anguis (Slowworms) (Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Anguis in general Alfermann, D.; Kammel, W.; Meyer, A.; Ursenbacher, S.; Kühnis, J.; Engel, E.; Proess, R. 2017. Reptil des Jahres 2017 - Blindschleiche. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, Stuttgart. 38 pp. Cabela, A.; Grillitsch, H. 1989. Zum systematischen Status der Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758) von Nordgriechenland und Albanien (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetozoa 2(1-2): 51-69. Dely, O.G. 1974. Über die Unterarten der Blindschleiche Anguis fragilis L. Vertebrata Hungarica 15: 11-37. Dely, O.G. 1981. Anguis fragilis Linnaeus 1758 - Blindschleiche. pp. 241-258. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp. Fuhn, I.E. 1961. Die systematische Stellung der rumänischen Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis L.). Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 6: 377-378. Grillitsch, H.; Cabela, A. 1990. Zum systematischen Status der Blindschleichen (Squamata: Anguidae) der Peloponnes und der südlichen Ionischen Inseln (Griechenland). Herpetozoa 2(3-4): 131-153. Gvozdik, V.; Benkovsky, N.; Crottini, A.; Bellati, A.; Moravec, J.; Romano, A.; Sacchi, R.; Jandzik, D. 2013. An ancient lineage of slow worms, genus Anguis (Squamata: Anguidae), survived in the Italian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 1077-1092. Gvozdik, V.; Jandzik, D.; Lymberakis, P.; Jablonski, D.; Moravec, J. 2010. Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: genetic structure reveals deep divergences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 460-472. Jablonski, D.; Jandzik, D.; Mikulícek, P.; Dzukic, G.; Ljubisavljevic, K.; Tzankov, N.; Jelic, D.; Thanou, E.; Moravec, J.; Gvozdik, V. 2016. Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 99. Kowalewski, L. 1985. [Amphibians and reptiles in the Swietokrzyski National Park]. (In Polish, English summary). Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 29(12): 235-274. Mikulícek, P.; Jablonski, D.; Páleník, M.; Gvozdík, V.; Jandzik, D. 2018. Characterization of microsatellite markers in the genera Anguis and Pseudopus (Reptilia: Anguidae). Salamandra 54(2): 158-162. Sos, T. 2010. Evaluating the accuracy of morphological traits used in Anguis (sub)species differentiation. Herpetologica Romanica 4: 29-44. Tiemann, G. 1972. Untersuchungen über das Farbsehvermögen einiger tagaktiver Echsen und Schildkröten, sowie der Blindschleiche. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 31(4): 337-347. Anguis cephallonica Clark, R.J. 1970. Notes on four lizard species from the Peloponnese, Greece: Algyroides moreoticus (Bibron & Bory), Anguis fragilis peloponnesiacus (Stepanek), Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory) and Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas). British Journal of Herpetology 4: 135-137. Clark, R.J.; Clark, E.D. 1970. Notes on four lizard species from the Peloponnese, Greece. Algyroides moreoticus (Bibron & Bory), Anguis fragilis peloponnesiacus (Stepanek), Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bobron & Bory) and Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas). British Journal of Herpetology 4(6): 135-137. Jablonski, D.; Jandzik, D.; Mikulícek, P.; Dzukic, G.; Ljubisavljevic, K.; Tzankov, N.; Jelic, D.; Thanou, E.; Moravec, J.; Gvozdik, V. 2016. Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 99. Koppitz, C. 2018. Are Anguis graeca (Bedriaga, 1881) and Anguis cephallonica Werner, 1894, sympatric in the lowlands of southern Laconia? Herpetozoa 30(3-4): 223-225. Koppitz, C. 2018. Are Anguis graeca (Bedriaga, 1881) and Anguis cephallonica Werner, 1894, sympatric in the lowlands of southern Laconia? Herpetozoa 30(3-4): 223-225. Mayer, W.; Grillitsch, H.; Cabela, A. 1991. Proteinelektrophoretische Untersuchungen zur Systematik der südgriechischen Blindschleichen (Squamata: Anguidae: Anguis). Herpetozoa 4(3-4): 157-165. Stepanek, O. 1937. Anguis fragilis peloponnesiacus, n. ssp. Zoologischer Anzeiger 118: 107-110. Thanou, E.; Sinos, G.; Kornilios, P. 2014. Phylogeography and genetic structure of the slow worms Anguis cephallonica and Anguis graeca (Squamata: Anguidae) from the southern Balkan Peninsula. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 263-269. Anguis colchica Bringsoe, H. 1986. A check-list of Peloponnesian amphibians and reptiles, including new records from Greece. Annales Musei Goulandris 7: 271-318. Grodzinski, W. 1957. [Materials for the study of the vertebrate fauna of the western Bieszczads]. (In Polish, English summary). Zesz. Nauk Uniw. Jagiellonsk. No. 10, Seria Nauk Biol. Zoologia 1: 177-221. Groudis, S.P. 1981. [Peculiarities in the biology of Anguis fragilis in Lithuania and a case of predation on Vipera berus]. pp. 44-45. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian). Jablonski, D.; Jandzik, D.; Mikulícek, P.; Dzukic, G.; Ljubisavljevic, K.; Tzankov, N.; Jelic, D.; Thanou, E.; Moravec, J.; Gvozdik, V. 2016. Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 99. Jablonski, D.; Meduna, P. 2010. Blue colour of the ventral body part of Eastern Slow Worm Anguis colchica (Nordmann, 1840). Herpetology Notes 3: 295-296. Jablonski, D.; Najbar, B.; Grochowalska, R.; Gvozdík, V.; Strzala, T. 2017. Phylogeography and postglacial colonization of Central Europe by Anguis fragilis and Anguis colchica. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(4): 562–569. Sos, T. 2011. Spot polymorphism in Anguis colchica Nordmann, 1840 (Reptilia: Anguidae): inter-size class variation. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7(1): 171-175. Sos, T.; Herczeg, G. 2009. Sexual size dimorphism in Eastern Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis colchica, Reptilia: Anguidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(4): 304-310. 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