Moroccan worm lizard
Moroccan Worm Lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Blanidae |
Genus: | Blanus |
Species: | B. mettetali
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Binomial name | |
Blanus mettetali , 1963
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Synonyms | |
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The Moroccan worm lizard (Blanus mettetali ) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[3]
Etymology[]
The specific name, mettetali, is in honor of a Mr. Mettetal who was head of the Laboratory of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Morocco.[4]
Habitat[]
The natural habitats of B. mettetali are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland.
Conservation status[]
B. mettetali is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ Miras, J.A.M.; Joger, U.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T. (2006). "Blanus mettetali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61470A12472055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61470A12472055.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Blanus mettetali ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Busack, Stephen D. (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. doi:10.2307/1445928. JSTOR 1445928.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blanus mettetali, p. 177).
Further reading[]
- Bons, Jacques (1963). "Notes sur Blanus cinereus (Vandelli), description d'une sous-espèce Marocaine: Blanus cinereus mettetali ssp. nov." Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc (1-2): 95–107. (in French).
Phylogeographical patterns[]
- Albert EM, Zardoya R, García-París M (2007). "Phylogeographical and speciation patterns in subterranean worm lizards of the genus Blanus (Amphisbaenia: Blanidae)". Molecular Ecology. 16 (7): 1519–1531. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03248.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 17391273. S2CID 26071914.
- Vaconcelos, Raquel; Harris, D. James; Carretero, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeography of the genus Blanus (worm lizards) in Iberia and Morocco based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers — preliminary analysis". Amphibia-Reptilia. 27 (3): 339–346. doi:10.1163/156853806778190033. ISSN 0173-5373.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Blanus
- Endemic fauna of Morocco
- Reptiles described in 1963
- Taxa named by Jacques Bons
- Reptiles of North Africa
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