Blanus tingitanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Blanidae |
Genus: | Blanus |
Species: | B. tingitanus
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Binomial name | |
Blanus tingitanus Busack, 1988[2]
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Blanus tingitanus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae.[1][3]
B. tingitanus is found in northern Morocco including Ceuta (a Spanish autonomous city).[1]
B. tingitanus was formerly considered a part of Blanus cinereus, which (as currently defined) is restricted to Portugal and Spain.[2][4]
The natural habitats of B. tingitanus are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, and pastureland.[1]
B. tingitanus is threatened by habitat loss.[1]