Blanus tingitanus

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Blanus tingitanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Blanidae
Genus: Blanus
Species:
B. tingitanus
Binomial name
Blanus tingitanus
Busack, 1988 [2]
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Blanus tingitanus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. [1] [3]

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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 part of Blanus cinereus , which (as currently defined) is restricted to Portugal and Spain. [2] [4]

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jose Antonio Mateo Miras; Iñigo Martínez-Solano; Ulrich Joger; Juan Pleguezuelos; Tahar Slimani (2009). "Blanus tingitanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T61471A12472331. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61471A12472331.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Blanus tingitanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Blanus cinereus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 February 2023.
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