Pseudopus apodus

Pseudopus apodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species: Pseudopus apodus
Subspecies (3): P. a. apodus – P. a. levantinus – P. a. thracius

Name

Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775)

• Type material: unknown. [probably lost]
• Type locality: not stated, designated as “conuallibus herbidis deserti Naryn et ad Sarpam, Kumam, Terekum fluuios” by Pallas (1776: 14); restricted to “Naryn-Steppe, Nordküste des Kaspischen Meeres” by Mertens & Müller (1928: 26) and to “Terek-Gebiet nördlich des Kaukasus” by Obst (1978: 139).

Combinations

• Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775: 435 [original combination]
• Ophisaurus apodus — Mertens & Müller, 1928: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudopus apodus — Klembara, 1979 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Lacerta apus Gmelin, 1789: 1079 [nomen substitutum pro Lacerta apoda]
  • Chalcida apus — Meyer, 1795: 31 [subsequent combination]
  • Chamaesaura apus — Schneider, 1801: 212 [subsequent combination]
  • Ophisaurus apus — Boulenger, 1885: 280 [subsequent combination]
  • Pseudopus apus — Boettger, 1886: 56 [subsequent combination]
• Sheltopusik didactylus Sonnini & Latreille, 1802: 273 [nomen substitutum pro Lacerta apoda]
• Bipes pallasii Oppel, 1811: 43 [nomen nudum by Mertens & Wermuth (1940: 89)]
• Pseudopus serpentinus Merrem, 1820: 78 [nomen substitutum pro Lacerta apoda]
  • Ophisaurus serpentinus — Eichwald, 1831: 179 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudopus oppelii Fitzinger, 1826: 50 [nomen nudum by Mertens & Wermuth (1940: 89)]
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “Europa, Dalmatia”.
• Pseudopus pallasii Cuvier, 1829: 69 [nomen substitutum pro Lacerta apoda]
  • Proctopus pallasii — Fischer, 1830: 241 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudopus durvallii Cuvier, 1829: 69 [Nomen dubium by Obst (1981: 127).
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “dans l'Archipel”.

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1775. Lacerta apoda descripta. Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 19: 435–454. BHL
• Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars III. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 1033–1516. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545; BHL Reference page. 
• Sonnini, C.-N.-S. & Latreille, P.-A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec Figures Déssinnées d'après Nature. 4 volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4. Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville libraire: Paris. Reference page. 
• Oppel, M. 1811. Die Ordnung, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: München. 86 pp. BHL
• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Déterville: Paris. i–xv + 406 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Obst, F.J. 1978. Zur geographischen Variabilitat des Scheltopusik, Ophisaurus apodus (Pallas) (Reptilia, Squamata, Anguidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 35(8): 129–140.
• Jandzík, D., Jablonski, D., Zinenko, O., Kukushkin, O.V., Moravec, J. & Gvoždík, V. 2018. Pleistocene extinctions and recent expansions in an anguid lizard of the genus Pseudopus. Zoologica Scripta 47(1): 21–32. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12256 Reference page. 
• Jablonski, D., Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Meiri, S., Maza, E., Kukushkin, O.V., Chirikova, M., Pirosová, A., Jelić, D., Mikulíček, P. & Jandzík, D. 2021. Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 175–200. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e60800 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pseudopus apodus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 September 2020.
• Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Isailovic, J.C., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Mousa Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M. & Haxhiu, I. 2009. IUCN: Pseudopus apodus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157263A5064890.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Жаўтапузік
Deutsch: Scheltopusik
English: Eurasian Glass Lizard
日本語: バルカンヘビガタトカゲ
Türkçe: Oluklu kertenkele

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