Blanus aporus
| Blanus aporus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. aporus
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| Binomial name | |
| Blanus aporus Werner, 1898
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| Synonyms | |
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Blanus strauchi aporus | |
Blanus aporus, called the Turkish worm-lizard, is an amphisbaenian species in the family Blanidae. It is found in western Turkey (from Pamphylia and Cilicia in southern Anatolia), Syria, and Lebanon. It was regarded by recent authors as a subspecies of Blanus strauchi.[1][2]
References
- ^ Sindaco, Kornilios, Sacchi & Lymberakis, 2014: Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey). Zootaxa, no 3795 (3), p. 311–326
- ^ "Blanus aporus | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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