Pseudopus

Pseudopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Anguinae
Genus: Pseudopus
Merrem, 1820
Type species
Lacerta apoda
Pallas, 1775

Pseudopus is a genus a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia.[1] There is one extant species, the sheltopusik,[2] and two fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae.[1]

Classification

Genus Pseudopus[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Klembara, Jozef; Madelaine Böhme; Michael Rummel (2010). "Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology 84: 159–196. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1.
  2. Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database