Moroccan worm lizard
| Moroccan Worm Lizard | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. mettetali
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| Binomial name | |
| Blanus mettetali Bons, 1963
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| File:Blanus mettetali distribution.png | |
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The Moroccan worm lizard (Blanus mettetali) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[3]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, mettetali, is in honor of a Mr. Mettetal who was head of the Laboratory of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Morocco.[4]
Description
[edit | edit source]Blanus mettetali has eight or more preanal pores, which are usually arranged in a continuous transverse series.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The natural habitats of Blanus mettetali are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland, at elevations up to 2,092 m (6,864 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]Blanus mettetali is terrestrial, sheltering in sandy soil and under stones.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Blanus mettetali is oviparous.[1][2] Clutch size is one egg.[1]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]Blanus mettetali is threatened by habitat loss.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ a b c Species Blanus mettetali at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Blanus mettetali, new taxonomic status).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Blanus mettetali, p. 177).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Bons, Jacques (1963). "Notes sur Blanus cinereus (Vandelli), description d'une sous-espèce Marocaine: Blanus cinereus mettetali ssp. nov." Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc (1-2): 95–107. (Blanus cinereus mettetali, new suspecies). (in French).
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Phylogeographical patterns
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