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title: "European Glass Lizard"
description: "Pseudopus apodus — Répteis. The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, sheltopusick, scheltopusick, sheltopusic, or scheltopusic (Pseudopus apodus), and also commonly known as Pallas's glass lizard, the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard in the family Anguidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/european-glass-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Glass Lizard

> Pseudopus apodus — Répteis. The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, sheltopusick, scheltopusick, sheltopusic, or scheltopusic  (Pseudopus apodus), and also commonly known as Pallas's glass lizard, the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard in the family Anguidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudopus apodus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3510
- Wikidata: [Q41669](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41669)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31975)

## Names

- en: European Glass Lizard
- de: Scheltopusik
- es: Lagarto de Cristal de Pallas
- fr: Orvet géant des Balkans
- nl: Scheltopusik
- pl: Żółtopuzik bałkański

## Countries with the most observations

GR (725), HR (634), RU (382), GE (229), ME (186), TR (141), UA (129), AM (126), IL (121), IR (108), AL (82), BG (78)

## Summary

The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, sheltopusick, scheltopusick, sheltopusic, or scheltopusic  (Pseudopus apodus), and also commonly known as Pallas's glass lizard, the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is found from Southern Europe to Central Asia. There are three recognized subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltopusik

## Photo

![European Glass Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-glass-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: MadMagpie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188266227

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-glass-lizard?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).