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    Species Accepted

    Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884)

    Anatolian Worm Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      Amphisbène d'Anatolie French
      Anatolian Worm Lizard English
      Anatolische Wormhagedis Dutch
      Klein-Aziatische Wormhagedis Dutch
      Kör Kertenkele Turkish
      Strauch-ásógyík Hungarian
      Turkish Worm Lizard English
      Turski dvoplaz Croatian
      Türkische Ringelwühle German
      anatolianmatolisko Finnish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      47 results
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      Werner, & FRANZ. (1898). Über einige neue Reptilien und einen neuen Frosch aus dem cilicischen Taurus. Zool. Anz. 21 (555): 217-223.
      Yıldırım Caynak, E., Candan, K., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Korkmaz, A. G., Yazar, E. B., ... & Gül, S. (2025). Comparative Cranial and Postcranial Osteology of Blanus Species (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) from Türkiye: Insights from Morphological Evolution and Phylogeny. Life, 15(8), 1263.
      Bolet A, Delfino M, Fortuny J, Almécija S, Robles JM, et al. (2014). An Amphisbaenian Skull from the European Miocene and the Evolution of Mediterranean Worm Lizards. PLoS One 9 (6): E98082. Doi:10.1371/Journal.Pone.0098082.
      Sindaco, R., & Jeremcenko, V. K. (2008). The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 Pp.
      PAIVA, C., WINDEN, J. V. D., BOGAERTS, S., & COSTA, H. (2023). A review of chromatic anomalies in Blanus (Amphisbaenia: Blanidae) through citizen science records. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 47(5), 315-318.
      Mertens, R., and L. Müller. (1940). Liste der Amphibien und Reptilien Europas. Abhandlungen Der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Frankfurt Am Main. 451: 1-62.
      Kasparek, M. (1990). Zur Herpetofauna des Beckens von Köycegiz, Türkei (Dalyan-Region). Salamandra 26 (2-3): 155-164.
      Schmid, & André. (2016). Kos – herpetologische Beobachtungen in der östlichen Ägäis. Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (4): 26-32.
      Baier, F.; Sparrow, D.J. & Wiedl, H.J. (2009). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Cyprus. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt/M., Ca. 370 Pp.

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