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Taxonomy of the genus Pseudopus Biodiversity of the family Anguidae

Bibliography of the genus
Pseudopus (Eurasian Glass Lizard)

(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.


Pseudopus apodus

Bar, Z. 1980. Anguimorph lizards predating on mollusks. Levantina 29: 335-340.

Baran, I. 1977. [Zur Taxonomie der türkischen Anguidae]. (In Turkish, German summary). Journal of the Faculty of Science Ege University (B) 1(2): 145-153.

Baran, I.; Kasparek, M.; Oz, M. 1988. On the distribution of the slow worm, Anguis fragilis, and the European glass lizard, Ophisaurus apodus, in Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 2: 57-62.

Belcheva, R.G.; Bisserkov, B.Y.; Beshkov, V.A.; Ilieva, H.L. 1988. Karyological studies of two lizard species of the family Anguidae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences 41(12): 129-132.

Bergman, J. 1995. Neues zur Herpetofauna der Insel Skiathos, nördliche Sporaden, Griechenland. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 17(98): 26-28.

Bogdanov, O.P.; Sharifov, F.G. 1970. Changes in the species composition and population density of reptiles in the Milsky Steppe, with respect to irrigation. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49: 939-941.

Bohn, H.J. 1987. Zur Haltung und Vermehrung des Scheltopusiks (Ophisaurus apodus thracius). Elaphe 9(3): 41-42.

Bordjan, D. 2002. Krokar Corvus corax [The crow Corvus corax]. (In Slovenian, English summary). Acrocephalus (Ljubljana) 23(112): 105.

Broggi, M.F. 1994. Feldherpetologische Beobachtungen und Bemerkungen zu schutzenswerten Biotopen auf griechischen Inseln (Amphibia; Reptilia; Griechenland). Herpetozoa 7(1-2): 29-34.

Broggi, M.F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Ägäisinsel Ikaria (Griechenland) (Amphibia, Reptilia). Herpetozoa 14(1-2): 9-14.

Bruekers, J. 2001. Een reuzenhazelworm: de scheltopusik, Ophisaurus apodus [A giant slow-worm: the sheltopusik, Ophisaurus apodus]. Aquarium (Hilversum) 71(10): 326-327.

Brushko, Z.K. 1985. [Refuges of Ophisaurus apodus in the Boroldai Mountains (southern Kazakhstan)]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1985(1): 33-38.

Brushko, Z.K. 1986. [The current distribution of the common sheltopusik in Kazakhstan]. pp. 175-176. (In Russian). In: Gvozdev, E.V. (ed.). Rare species of animals of Kazakhstan. Nauka, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. 246 pp.

Brushko, Z.K. 1986. [The numbers, distribution and population structures of the common sheltopusik in the Boroldai Mountains (southern Kazakhstan)]. (In Russian, English summary). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 91(3): 41-47.

Bustard, R. 1959. Lizards from southern Europe. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 24: 70-71.

Cattaneo, A. 1997. L'erpetofauna dell'isola greca di Skiathos (Sporadi settentrionali). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 136(2): 145-156.

Chalikova, E.S. 2008. [To the distribution of glass-lizard in Aksu-Dzhabagly nature reserve region]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2007: 180.

Cherchi Coddé, M.A. 1962. Termoregolazione in Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas). Boll. Zool. 28 [1961]: 717-726.

Cherlin, V.A.; Chikin, Y.A. 1991. [To thermal biology of lizards of the mountain regions of Uzbekistan]. (In Russian, English summary). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya 1: 119-129, 173.

Cicek, K.; Tok, C.V.; Hayretdag, S.; Ayaz, D. 2014. Data on the food composition of European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Canakkale (Western Anatolia, Turkey). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 66(3): 433-436.

Claffey, O.; Johnson, B. 1983. Captive reproduction of the sheltopusik (Ophisaurus apodus). IZN (International Zoo News) 30(4): 19-23.

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.

Edmonds, L. 1992. Glass "snakes". Tropical Fish Hobbyist 41(3): 104, 106, 108, 110-111.

Esser, S. 2011. Haltung und Nachzucht des Scheltopusiks, Pseudopus apodus, im Zoologischen Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig. Reptilia (D) 16(88): 32-38.

Evans, G. 1995. Breeding of the glass lizard (Ophusaurus [Ophisaurus] apodus) at the Costwold [Cotswold] Wildlife Park. Rephiberary 210: 6-7.

Frey, E. 1982. Ophisaurus apodus (Lacertilia, Anguidae) - a stemming digger? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 164(1-2): 217-221.

Fritz, P. 2011. Eine Freianlage für den Scheltopusik, Pseudopus apodus. Reptilia (D) 16(88): 24-31.

Fritz, P.; Trapp, B. 2014. Das Porträt zum Titelbild: Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775). Panzerschleiche, Scheltopusik, European Glass Lizard. Sauria (Berlin) 36(4): 1-2.

Gans, C.; Gasc, J.P. 1990. Tests on the locomotion of the elongate and limbless reptile Ophisaurus apodus (Sauria: Anguidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 220(4): 517-536.

Hailey, A. 1984. Thermoregulation and activity metabolism of the armoured anguid Ophisaurus apodus. British Journal of Herpetology 6(11): 391-398.

Hutwalker, A. 2017. Herpetologische Eindrücke einer Wanderreise im zentralen Elbursgebirge, Nordiran. Sauria (Berlin) 39(3): 25-30.

Jablonski, D. 2018. Male-male combat in Pseudopus apodus (Reptilia: Anguidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 25(4): 293-298.

Jandzik, D.; Jablonski, D.; Zinenko, O.; Kukushkin, O.V.; Moravec, J.; Gvozdík, V. 2018. Pleistocene extinctions and recent expansions in an anguid lizard of the genus Pseudopus. Zoologica Scripta 47:21–32.

Keskin, E.; Tok, C.V.; Hayretdag, S.; Cicek, K.; Ayaz, D. 2013. Genetic structuring of Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Sauria: Anguidae) in north Anatolia, Turkey. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 50: 411-418.

Khodzhaev, A.F. 1981. [Material on the ecology of the common sheltopusik in Uzbekistan]. pp. 140. 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).

Klembara, J. 1985. [The systematic position and phylogeny of Ophisaurus apodus]. (In Slovak). Ziva 33(2): 68-70.

Koch-Isenburg, L. 1979. Panzerschleiche Scheltopusik (Ophisaurus apodus). Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Darmstadt Bericht N.F. 1978(1): 16-17.

Kolbintsev, V.G. 1986. [The common sheltopusik Ophisaurus apodus Pall]. pp. 171-175. (In Russian). In: Gvozdev, E.V. (ed.). Rare species of animals of Kazakhstan. Nauka, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. 246 pp.

Kotenko, T.I.; Lyashenko, Y.N. 2007. [New finds of the Sheltopusik, Pseudopus apodus (Reptilia, Sauria, Anguidae), on the Eastern Coast of the Kerch Peninsula (Crimea, Ukraine)]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 41(6): 560.

Lanka, V. 1970. [Ophisaurus apodus Pall. - observations in nature and breeding in captivity]. (In Czech). Ziva (Prague) 18(5): 190.

Lehmann, H. 1955. Meine Erfahrungen mit dem Scheltopusik, Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas). DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 8: 328-329.

Lepsi, J. 1926. Ophisaurus apus Pall., neu für Rumänien. Verh. Mitt. siebend. Ver. Naturw. Hermanstadt 76-76: 45-48.

Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96.

Matz, G. 1988. Ophiosaurus apodus Pallas. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 23(6): 89.

Meek, R. 1986. A preliminary estimate of the population and biomass density of the glass lizard Ophisaurus apodus in Yugoslavia. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 18: 16-17.

Meek, R. 1986. Field body temperature of the glass lizard Ophisaurus apodus in Yugoslavia. Amphibia-Reptilia 7(1): 43-49.

Mertens, R. 1960. Schwarze Reptilien aus dem Tessin. Natur und Volk 90: 64-67.

Mertens, R.; Müller, L. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 84: 295-302.

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.

Milto, K.D. 2010. A record of natural nest of Pseudopus apodus. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 41-42.

Nasrabadi, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Kami, H.G.; Gharzi, A.; Yousefkhani, S.S.H. 2018. Distribution and environmental suitability of the European Glass Lizard Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) in the Iranian Plateau. Russian Journal of Herpetology 25(1): 6-10.

Nuritdinov, E.N.; Safarov, K.M. 1989. [The effect of estivation and hypobiosis on thermal conditioned reflexes in the lizard Ophisaurus apodus]. (In Russian, English summary). Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii 25(5): 636-643.

Obst, F.J. 1978. Zur geographischen Variabilität des Scheltopusik, Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas) (Reptilia, Squamata, Anguidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 35(8): 130-140.

Obst, F.J. 1980. Nachbemerkungen zur Subspezies-Gliederung des Scheltopusiks, Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas). (Reptilia, Squamata, Anguidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 36(7): 127-129.

Obst, F.J. 1981. Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas 1775) - Scheltopusik, Panzerschleiche. pp. 259-274. 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.

Oz, M. 1983. La position taxonomique et la repartition d'Ophisaurus apodus (Lacertilia-Anguidae) dans la Region Egeenne. Journal of the Faculty of Science Ege University (B) 5(1): 47-56.

Radek, G. 1973. Schleichen im Terrarium. Aquarium (Bornheim) 7(44): 65-66.

Reif, S. 1967. Eiablage beim Scheltopusik. Aquarien Terrarien 14: 390.

Rifai, L.; Abu Baker, M.; Al-Shafei, D.; Disi, A.M.; Mahasneh, A.; Amr, Z. 2005. Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) from Jordan, with notes on its ecology (Sqamata: Sauria: Anguidae). Herpetozoa 18(3-4): 133-140.

Rocek, Z. 1980. The dentition of the European glass lizard Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Reptilia, Sauria: Anguidae), with notes on the pattern of tooth replacement. Amphibia-Reptilia 1(1): 19-27.

Schneider, G. 1900. Der Sheltopusik. Zoologische Garten 41: 117-120.

Spinner, M.; Bleckmann, H.; Westhoff, G. 2015. Morphology and frictional properties of scales of Pseudopus apodus (Anguidae, Reptilia). Zoology (Jena) 118(3): 171-175.

Starkov, V.G.; Orlova, V.F. 2007. New records of reptiles (Reptilia, Squamata) at Azov seashore of Taman' peninsula (Krasnodar Kray, Russia). Russian Journal of Herpetology 14(2): 87-90.

Sviridenko, E.Y.; Kukushkin, O.V. 2003. [About maximal dimensions of the glass-lizard, Pseudopus apodus in the Crimea]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 37(3): 98.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Tertyshnikov, M.F. 1989. [On systematic position of Ophisaurus apodus from the USSR Territory]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1989(5): 35-37.

Tarashchuk, S.V. 1989. [Ophysaurus apodus (Pall.) from the Black Sea steppes]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1989(6): 66.

Tercafs, R.R. 1961. Observations sur la natation chez les reptiles. Bulletin Soc. Zool. Anvers. 20: 3-19.

Thenius, E. 1953. Über das Vorkommen von Ophisaurus (Anguidae, Rept.) im Pannon von Niederösterreich. Anz. Ost. Akad. Wiss. 89: 177-180.

Toth, T.; Geczy, C.; Sos, E.; Molnar, Z.; Halpern, B. 2009. Further data on the Herpetofauna of Losinj Island, Croatia. Herpetozoa 21(3-4): 192.

Trapp, B. 1999. Ophisaurus apodus Sheltopusik, armored glass lizard (Pallas, 1775). Reptilia (GB) 8: 39-42.

Tsellarius, A.Y.; Cherlin, V.A.; Lukin, Y.A. 1983. [Reptile population of Eroilanduz drainless depression (Badkhyz, Turkmenia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1983(6): 63-66.

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Wirth, M. 2011. Der Scheltopusik in Kroatien. Reptilia (D) 16(88): 39-46.

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Yadgarov, T. 1974. [Feeding of Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas) in the Sukhandarya Basin]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1974(6): 68-70.

Zylka, A. 1980. [The common scheltopusik the largest European legless lizard]. (In Polish). Wszechswiat 1980(12): 287-289.