Blanus alexandri

Species of amphisbaenian

Blanus alexandri

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Clade:  | Amphisbaenia
Family:  | Blanidae
Genus:  | Blanus
Species:  |

B. alexandri

Binomial name
Blanus alexandri

Sindaco, Kornilios, Sacchi & Lymberakis, 2014

Blanus alexandri, called Alexander's worm-lizard, is an amphisbaenian species in the family Blanidae. It is endemic in Adana, Hatay, Gaziantep, and Şırnak provinces of Turkey. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Blanus strauchi.[1] It is named in honour of A. Allan Alexander, who studied the species.[2]

## References

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1. ^ 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
2. ^ "Blanus alexandri | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

Taxon identifiers

Blanus alexandri|

* Wikidata: Q17698823
* Wikispecies: Blanus alexandri
* CoL: LZZ6
* EoL: 42636624
* GBIF: 7399463
* iNaturalist: 485398
* ITIS: 1125660
* NCBI: 1503208
* Open Tree of Life: 5558445
* RD: alexandri

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