Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Pseudopus apodus PALLAS 1775 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pseudopus apodus PALLAS 1775
Synonyms:
Lacerta apoda PALLAS 1775 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lacerta apoda PALLAS 1775
Ophisarus apodus thracius CEVIK 1999 (synonym)
Ophisaurus apodus MERTENS 1928 (synonym)
Ophisaurus apodus durvillii CUVIER 1829 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophisaurus apodus durvillii CUVIER 1829
Ophisaurus apodus thracius OBST 1980 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophisaurus apodus thracius OBST 1980
Ophisaurus apus BOULENGER 1885 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophisaurus apus BOULENGER 1885
Pseudopus durvillii CUVIER 1829 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pseudopus durvillii CUVIER 1829
Pseudopus pallasii DUMÉRIL 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pseudopus pallasii DUMÉRIL 1839
Infraspecific taxon: Pseudopus apodus apodus (PALLAS 1775)
Pseudopus apodus durvillii (CUVIER 1829)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Scheltopusik German -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Anguidae
Genus Pseudopus
Distribution: Greece (incl. Limnos, Rhodos, Lesbos, Corfu = Corfou, Chios, Samos), W Yugoslavia: coastal Croatia, Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, European Soviet Union (Caucasus, Dagestan), S Russia, S Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerba
Additional data: KLEMBARA (1979) also transferred Ophisaurus moguntinus and Ophisaurus pannonicus to Pseudopus. Macey et al. (1999) found this species nested within other Ophisaurus species thereby the name Ophisaurus apodus is required to render the genus monophyletic. Limbless.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Pseudopus&species=apodus
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f01769e6-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201

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