Blanus tingitanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Blanidae
Genus: Blanus
Species: Blanus tingitanus

Name

Blanus tingitanus Busack, 1988: 106

Holotype: MVZ 178095,, adult ♂.

Type locality: “in the vicinity of the old fortress at Mehdiya-Plage, Kenitra Prefecture, Morocco.”

References

Primary references

• Busack, S.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 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Blanus tingitanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 April 2018.
• Miras, J.A.M., Martínez-Solano, I., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J. & Slimani, T. 2009. IUCN: Blanus tingitanus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61471A12472331. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61471A12472331.en

Vernacular names

español: Culebrilla ciega de Tánger
français: Amphisbène cendré du nord du Maroc