Blanus tingitanus
| Blanus tingitanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. tingitanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Blanus tingitanus , 1988
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Blanus tingitanus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae.[2]
Geographic range[]
B. tingitanus is found in northern Morocco including Ceuta (a Spanish autonomous city).[1]
Taxonomy and systematics[]
B. tingitanus was formerly considered a subspecies of Blanus cinereus,[citation needed] which is found in Portugal and Spain. The genus Blanus was formerly assigned to the family Amphisbaenidae.
Habitat[]
The natural habitats of B. tingitanus are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland.[1]
Conservation stats[]
B. tingitanus is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d , , , , (2009). "Blanus tingitanus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. e.T61471A12472331. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61471A12472331.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2021.
- ^ Species Blanus tingitanus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[]
- (1988). "Biochemical and Morphological Differentiation in Spanish and Moroccan Populations of Blanus and the Description of a New Species from Northern Morocco (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae)". Copeia 1988 (1): 101–109.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Blanus
- Reptiles of North Africa
- Reptiles described in 1988
- Taxa named by Stephen D. Busack
- Endemic fauna of Morocco
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