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Moroccan worm lizard

Blanus mettetali Bons, 1963

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The moroccan worm lizard (Blanus mettetali) is a species in the family Blanidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3.25 g to 4.63 g, reach 16 cm in length and live up to 8.35 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Morocco.

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Quick facts about the moroccan worm lizard

Weight
3.25 g – 4.63 gsrc for Weight
Length
14.5 cm – 16 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
8.35 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
16 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
0.5 – 0.75src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the moroccan worm lizard?

MOROCCAN WORM LIZARD · LENGTH 16 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 16 cm, the recorded maximum length of the moroccan worm lizard is about 9.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the moroccan worm lizard live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The moroccan worm lizard is listed for 1 country.

Morocco
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Morocco

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the moroccan worm lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the moroccan worm lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyBlanidae
  6. genusBlanus
  7. SpeciesBlanus mettetali Bons, 1963

Synonyms Blanus cinereus mettetali

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • سحلية دودية مغربيةArabic
  • kroužkovec marockýCzech
  • Culebrilla ciega marroquíSpanish
  • Amphisbène Cendré Du MarocFrench
  • กิ้งก่าหนอนโมร็อกโกThai

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Relatives of the moroccan worm lizard

Other species in the same genus Blanus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the moroccan worm lizard?

An adult moroccan worm lizard weighs 3.25 g – 4.63 g and measures 14.5 cm – 16 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the moroccan worm lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the moroccan worm lizard for 1 country: Morocco. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the moroccan worm lizard live?

The moroccan worm lizard has a recorded lifespan of 8.35 years.

What kind of animal is the moroccan worm lizard?

The moroccan worm lizard (Blanus mettetali) belongs to the family Blanidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{moroccan_worm_lizard_2026,
  title = {Moroccan worm lizard (Blanus mettetali)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/moroccan-worm-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}