Pseudopus

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

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]

Classification

Genus Pseudopus[1][3]

Pseudopus apodus
†Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
†Pseudopus laurillardi
†Pseudopus pannonicus
†Pseudopus rugosus

References

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 (2): 159–196. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1.
Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
Jozef Klembara (2015). "New finds of anguines (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 171–195. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0226-4.

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[Klembara_et.al.2010-1] 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 (2): 159–196. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1.

[RDB-2] Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.

[Klembara2015-3] Jozef Klembara (2015). "New finds of anguines (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 171–195. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0226-4.