Anguis graeca

Anguis graeca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
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. It prefers to inhabit vegetated and humid areas, preferably ones with good cover of hiding spots like rocks and leaves. It is predated mainly by snakes, frogs, toads, birds, mammals and more recently proved to be prey of the lizards of the genus Lacerta as well. ^{[2] [3]} It engages in death feigning behavior when threatened. ^[4]

References

1. Bowles, P. (2024). "Anguis graeca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T47113100A47113103. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T47113100A47113103.en .
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.
3. "Anguis graeca". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
4. 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.