Anguis graeca

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Anguis graeca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Anguis
Species:
A. graeca
Binomial name
Anguis graeca
Bedriaga, 1881
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Anguis graeca, the Greek slow worm, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae found in Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia. [2] It engages in death feigning behavior when threatened. [3]

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. ↑ "Anguis graeca". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. ↑ 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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