Blanus alexandri

Blanus alexandri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
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]

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.

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