Pseudopus apodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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