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Turkish worm lizard

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The Turkish worm lizard (Blanus strauchi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. The species is native to Southeast Europe and the Middle East. There are two recognized subspecies.

The specific name, strauchi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Strauch.^[3]

B. strauchi is found in Greece, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of B. strauchi is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,400 m (4,600 ft).^[1]

B. strauchi is oviparous.^[2]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Blanus.

^ ^a ^b 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157272A5067037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157272A5067037.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Blanus strauchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blanus strauchi, p. 256).

Turkish worm lizard: Brief Summary

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The Turkish worm lizard (Blanus strauchi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. The species is native to Southeast Europe and the Middle East. There are two recognized subspecies.