#1490 · 🦎 reptiles

European Glass Lizard

🇳🇱 Scheltopusik ·Pseudopus apodus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ingmar van der Brugge · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Lennart Schmid · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bastien Louboutin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ryan van Huyssteen · CC BY 4.0
6. © Ingmar van der Brugge · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Tom Kirschey · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sheltopusik /ˌʃɛltəˈpjuːzɪk/ ( Pseudopus apodus ), also commonly called Pallas' glass lizard or the European legless lizard , is a species of large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,576iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
3,576 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1775 (251 years ago).