Anguis graeca

Species of lizard

Anguis graeca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Anguis
Species:
A. graeca
Binomial name
Anguis graeca
Bedriaga, 1881

Anguis graeca, the Greek slow worm, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae found in Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia.[1] It engages in death feigning behavior when threatened.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Anguis graeca". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  2. ^ Christopoulos, Apostolos; Kotselis, Christos; Theofanopoulos, Theofanis (2020). "The performance of survival: A death-feigning case in Anguis graeca Bedriaga, 1881 (Squamata: Anguidae)". Herpetology Notes. 13. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Anguis graeca
  • Wikidata: Q14325467
  • Wikispecies: Anguis graeca
  • CoL: 5V2G8
  • GBIF: 8279309
  • iNaturalist: 539261
  • ITIS: 1146521
  • NCBI: 672775
  • Open Tree of Life: 1040074
  • RD: graeca
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