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Pseudopus apodus

Taxon: Anguidae
Author: David Tarkhnishvili
Comment: David Gareja 16_05_2015
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Scientific Name ID: 45989
Name According To: www.faunaeur.org
Taxon Rank: Family
Scientific Name Authorship: Gray, 1825
Vernacular Name: A group of legless lizards
Georgian Name: ბოხმეჭასებრნი
GBD Remarks:

Two out of 104 Anguids wide-spread throughout the World live in Georgia. However, they comprise two-thirds of three species that build up genera Anguis and Pseudopus found in Europe and Western Asia.


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