Anguis colchica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Anguis
Species: Anguis colchica

Name

Anguis colchica (Nordmann, 1840)

Type locality: “Abasie [=Kuban' region, southern Russia] et en Mingrélie [=region in western Georgia]”.

Combinations

Otophis eryx var. colchica Nordmann, 1840: 341 [original combination]
Anguis fragalis var. colchica — Werner, 1903 [name combination]
Anguis colchica — Gvoždík et al., 2010: 468 [name combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

Anguis incerta Krynicki, 1837: 52 [nomen oblitum following Gvoždík et al. (2010: 469)]

Type locality: “Lithuanae sylvis circa Vilnum reperi, alternum Charcoviae”, restricted to ”Wilna, Litauen [=Vilnius, Lithuania]” by Mertens & Wermuth (1960).

References

Primary references

Nordmann, A. 1840. Notice sur les Reptiles de la Faune Pontique. pp. 335–351 in Demidoff, A.N. (ed.). Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et le Moldavie, éxécuté en 1837 par Mr. Anatole de Demidoff. Tomo III. E. Bourdin et cie: Paris.
Krynicki, J. 1837. Observationes quaedam de reptilibus indigenis. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 10: 46–69. BHL
Gvoždík, V., Jandzík, D., Lymberakis, P., Jablonski, D., Moravec, J. 2010. Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 460–472. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.007 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Anguis colchica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Slow Worm