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Blanus tingitanus

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Blanus tingitanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Blanidae
Genus: Blanus
Species:
B. tingitanus
Binomial name
Blanus tingitanus
Busack, 1988[2]

Blanus tingitanus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae.[1][3]

Geographic range

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B. tingitanus is found in northern Morocco including Ceuta (a Spanish autonomous city).[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

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B. tingitanus was formerly considered a part of Blanus cinereus, which (as currently defined) is restricted to Portugal and Spain.[2][4]

Habitat

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The natural habitats of B. tingitanus are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland.[1]

Conservation stats

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B. tingitanus is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b 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.