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]
Anguis graeca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Anguidae |
Genus: | Anguis |
Species: | A. graeca
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Binomial name | |
Anguis graeca Bedriaga, 1881
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References
edit- ^ "Anguis graeca". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ 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.