Sheltopusik

Sheltopusik
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species:
P. apodus
Binomial name
Pseudopus apodus
(Pallas, 1775)
Synonyms
List
    • Lacerta apoda
      — Pallas, 1775
    • Pseudopus serpentinus
      — Merrem, 1820
    • Ophisaurus apus
      — Boulenger, 1885
    • Ophisaurus apodus
      — Mertens & L. Müller, 1928
    • Pseudopus apodus
      — Klembara, 1979

The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, sheltopusick, scheltopusick, sheltopusic, or scheltopusic /ˌʃɛltəˈpjuːzɪk/ (Pseudopus apodus), and also commonly known as Pallas's glass lizard, the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard found from Southern Europe to Central Asia.

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