Turkish worm lizard
The Turkish worm lizard (Blanus strauchi) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is found in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Israel.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. strauchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) | |
References
- Petros Lymberakis, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Ahmad Mohammed Mousa Disi, Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Riyad Sadek, Yehudah Werner, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm 2009. Blanus strauchi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157272A5067037. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157272A5067037.en. Downloaded on 05 April 2019.
- Blanus strauchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
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