Šmíd, Jiří;Moravec, Jiří;Kodym, Petr;Kratochvíl, Lukáš;Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian;Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar;Frynta, Daniel
Pseudopus
Sign in to savePseudopus is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia. One extant species remains, the sheltopusik, with four fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae, with the largest species †P. pannonicus growing up to 2 metres in length. The oldest fossils of the group date to the Early Miocene, but there are possible Oligocene records.
Species
European Glass Lizard
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAnguidae
Observations3,230
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Anguidae
- Collections
- ANSP, MNHN, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ
- Recorded in
- TüRkiye
Wikidata facts
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- taxon common name
- Scheltopusik
- taxon name
- Pseudopus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudopus
- Commons category
- Pseudopus
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