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Reptiles · Squamata · Anguidae
Pseudopus apodus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The European glass lizard is a legless lizard that can exceed a metre in length, its body covered in stiff scales and with a lateral groove that lets it expand as it breathes and eats. It is not a snake: it retains movable eyelids, ear openings and vestiges of hind limbs.
Weight
200 g – 500 g
Size
80 cm – 1.4 m
Life expectancy
30 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Pseudopus apodus
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 29.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with European Glass Lizard — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about european glass lizard.