Blanus aporus
Species of amphisbaenian
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Blanus aporus is an amphisbaenian species in the family Blanidae. The species is native to Syria, and western Turkey (from Pamphylia and Cilicia in southern Anatolia). It was regarded by recent authors as a subspecies of Blanus strauchi.[3][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. aporus |
| Binomial name | |
| Blanus aporus F. Werner, 1898 | |
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Habitat
Behavior
Blanus aporus is terrestrial and fossorial, burrowing in soft sandy soils that have a high level of humus.[1]
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