Anguis Linnaeus 1758 (slow worm)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Anguinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1987

See also Augé 2005, Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Cirilli et al. 2016, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996 and McDowell and Bogert 1954

Sister taxa: Anguini, Headonhillia, Ophipseudopus, Ophisaurini, Ophisauriscus, Parophisaurus, Ragesaurus, Smithosaurus

Subtaxa: Anguis fragilis Anguis polgardiensis Anguis rarus Anguis stammeri

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Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (4), Germany (20), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (9)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Poland (3)

• MN 13 of Hungary (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (7), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Switzerland (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (4), Germany (1)

• Eocene of France (11)

Total: 97 collections including 98 occurrences

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