Blanus aporus

Blanus aporus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Blanidae
Genus:	Blanus
Species:	B. aporus
Binomial name
Blanus aporus F. Werner, 1898
Synonyms [2]
Blanus strauchi aporus F. Werner, 1898

Blanus aporus is an amphisbaenian species in the family Blanidae. The species is native to Syria, and western Turkey (from Pamphylia and Cilicia in southern Anatolia). It was regarded by recent authors as a subspecies of Blanus strauchi . ^{[3] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Blanus aporus is shrubland, at elevations of 19–1,068 m (62–3,504 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

Blanus aporus is terrestrial and fossorial, burrowing in soft sandy soils that have a high level of humus. ^[1]

Reproduction

Blanus aporus is oviparous. ^{[1] [2]} Clutch size is one or two eggs. ^[1]

References

1. Çiçek K (2024). "Blanus aporus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T75163435A75163439.en. Accessed on 01 October 2025.
2. "Blanus aporus| The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
3. Sindaco R, Kornilios P, Sacchi R, Lymberakis P (2014). "Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey)". Zootaxa3795 (3): 311–326.

Further reading

• Alexander, A.A. (1966). "Taxonomy and Variation of Blanus strauchi (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia)". Copeia. 1966 (2): 205–224. (Blanus strauchi aporus, new taxonomic status).
• Werner, F. (1898). "Über einige neue Reptilien und einen neuen Frosch aus dem cilicischen Taurus ". Zoologischer Aneiger. 21 (555): 217–223. (Blanus aporus, new species, p. 220). (in German).