''Anguis colchica'', the eastern slowworm, is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia al ...

in the family

Anguidae Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal arch, striations on the medial faces of tooth crowns, osteoderms, and a lateral fold ...

found in Europe and Asia.

References

Anguis Reptiles described in 1840 Lizards of Europe Lizards of Asia Taxa named by Alexander von Nordmann Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{lizard-stub