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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Anguis |
| Species: | A. graeca
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| 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.
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