Pseudopus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Anguinae |
| Genus: | Pseudopus Merrem, 1820 |
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Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775
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Pseudopus is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia.[1] One extant species remains, the sheltopusik,[2] with four fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae.[1][3] The oldest fossils of the group date to the Early Miocene, but there are possible Oligocene records.[4]
Classification
- Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) – sheltopusik, Pallas's glass lizard, European legless lizard, European glass lizard
- †Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
- †Pseudopus laurillardi
- †Pseudopus pannonicus
- †Pseudopus rugosus
References
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