What Animal Lives Where

Where has the European glass lizard been recorded?

Pseudopus apodus occurrence evidence comes from 181 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1906 to 2026. Most records come from Turkmenistan.

European glass lizard
European glass lizard — Photo (display-sized rendition): (c) Kudaibergen Amirekul, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SquamataAnguidaePseudopus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

181 records across 16 countries and territories, 1906–2026.

Pseudopus apodus · GBIF taxon key 2468350

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19062026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where European glass lizard has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for European glass lizard. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Turkmenistan 39
Israel 28
Greece 21
Croatia 20
Iran 19
Bulgaria 14
Russia 13
Türkiye 8
Montenegro 5
Armenia 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3
Ukraine 3
Uzbekistan 2
Albania 1
Georgia 1
Tajikistan 1

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