Pseudopus apodus
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Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species: Pseudopus apodus
Subspecies (3): P. a. apodus – P. a. levantinus – P. a. thracius
Name
[edit]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
[edit]- Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775: 435 [original combination]
- Ophisaurus apodus — Mertens & Müller, 1928: 26 [subsequent combination]
- Pseudopus apodus — Klembara, 1979 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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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