Anguis graeca

Anguis graeca, the Greek slow worm, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae found in Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia.it prefers to inhabit vegetated and humid areas,preferably ones with good cover of hiding spots like rocks and leaves,it is predated mainly by snakes, frogs, toads, birds, mammals and more recently proved to be prey too of the lizards of the family lacerta (genus) ^{[2] [3]} It engages in death feigning behavior when threatened.^[4]

Anguis graeca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Anguis
Species:	A. graeca
Binomial name
Anguis graeca Bedriaga, 1881