Sheltopusik

Sheltopusik
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species:
P. apodus
Binomial name
Pseudopus apodus
(Pallas, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
Two sheltopusiks fighting (video).
Close up of a sheltopusik in a zoo in Japan (video).

The sheltopusik[3] /ˌʃɛltəˈpjzɪk/ (Pseudopus apodus), also commonly called Pallas's glass lizard,[4] the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard found from Southern Europe to Central Asia.

Sheltopusik at the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park
  1. ^ Aghasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J.; Lymberakis, P.; Andrén, C.; Cogalniceanu, D.; Wilkinson, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Üzüm, N.; Orlov, N.L.; Podloucky, R.; Tuniyev, S.; Kaya, U.; Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Tok, V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Haxhiu, I.; Borkin, L.; Shestapol, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Golynsky, E.; Chirikova, M.; Nuridjanov, D. (2021). "Pseudopus apodus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T157263A745759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157263A745759.en. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Pseudopus apodus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Also spelled scheltopusik, sheltopusick, scheltopusick, sheltopusic, or scheltopusic.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudopus apodus, p. 199).