| Blanus tingitanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. tingitanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Blanus tingitanus | |
Blanus tingitanus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. [1] [3]
B. tingitanus is found in northern Morocco including Ceuta (a Spanish autonomous city). [1]
B. tingitanus was formerly considered a part of Blanus cinereus , which (as currently defined) is restricted to Portugal and Spain. [2] [4]
The natural habitats of B. tingitanus are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland. [1]
B. tingitanus is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
The genus Gallotia are the lacertids of the Canary Islands. This genus consists of a group that has been evolving there ever since the first islands emerged from the sea over 20 million years ago. The endemic species and subspecies of this group have a number of characteristics that make them quite special within their family (Lacertidae); their only close relatives are the sandrunner lizards (Psammodromus) of the western Mediterranean region. Gallotia are characteristic for eating significant quantities of plants, and several lineages are often presented as classic examples for insular gigantism. However, a find of an even larger Gallotia species from the early Miocene of mainland Europe casts doubt on this assumption. Instead the ancestor of all modern Gallotia species of the Canary islands was probably already very large but carnivorous.
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