📸 PhotoPhoto: Konstantinos Kalaentzis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
European Glass Lizard
Pseudopus apodus (European Glass Lizard · バルカンヘビガタトカゲ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A length of about 1.3 m is roughly the height of a lower-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 It is on display at the Amphibian and Reptile Center of the Buffalo Zoo in the United States (Buffalo Zoo guide).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The European Glass Lizard is a large legless lizard living on dry, rocky hills from southeastern Europe to southwestern Asia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
With no legs and a long body, it looks like a giant earthworm, and its body color is generally yellowish brown.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A carnivore that eats snails and slugs where available, and insects and small mammals in other areas. After laying eggs, the female coils her body around them to guard them.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/157263/745759
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4P98Q
- • iucnredlist.org — 745759
- • wikidata.org — Q41669
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:K. Kalaentzis Pseudopus apodus.jpg
- • buffalozoo.org — european-glass-lizard-sheltopusik
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Elgaria kingii)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.