Pseudopus apodus
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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.
The sheltopusik was previously included in the genus Ophisaurus, but has since been placed in its own genus Pseudopus, as Pseudopus apodus. It was originally described in 1775 by Peter Simon Pallas as Lacerta apoda. There are three subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Pseudopodus apodus apodus (Pallas, 1775) – the type subspecies, ranging from Crimea through Transcaucasia, east to Central Asia as far as Kazakhstan Pseudopodus apodus levantinus Jablonski, Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri, Maza, Mikulíček & Jandzík, 2021 – restricted to the Levant, from southern Turkey south to Israel and Palestine
Pseudopodus apodus thracius (Obst, 1978) – the westernmost subspecies, ranging from Croatia to Greece, east to western Turkey Nota bene... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Yerevan | 🇦🇲 Armenia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Yerevan, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a European Glass Lizard sighting in Yerevan on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 5 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May–June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a European Glass Lizard in Yerevan on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Yerevan's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Only Yerevan, in our data
Yerevan is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate European Glass Lizard sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Glass Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Yerevan (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
