Tangier worm lizard
Blanus tingitanus Busack, 1988
Status not recordedlizards
The tangier worm lizard (Blanus tingitanus) is a species in the family Blanidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 4.05 g and reach 15.7 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the tangier worm lizard
- Weight
- 4.05 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 15.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- 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
- 0.5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the tangier worm lizard?
Where does the tangier worm lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the tangier 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 tangier worm lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyBlanidae
- genusBlanus
- SpeciesBlanus tingitanus Busack, 1988
Synonyms Blanus cinereus part
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- سحلية دودية طنجيةArabic
- kroužkovec středomořskýCzech
- Culebrilla Ciega de TángerSpanish
- Culebrilla ciega tingitanaSpanish
- Amphisbène cendré du nord du MarocFrench
- กิ้งก่าหนอนแทนเจียร์Thai
Relatives of the tangier worm lizard
Other species in the same genus Blanus.
Iberian worm lizard
Blanus cinereus
Turkish worm lizard
Blanus strauchi
Moroccan worm lizard
Blanus mettetali
Cilician worm lizard
Blanus aporus
Levant worm lizard
Blanus alexandri
CompareTangier worm lizard vs Iberian worm lizardTangier worm lizard vs Turkish worm lizardTangier worm lizard vs Moroccan worm lizardTangier worm lizard vs Cilician worm lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tangier worm lizard?
An adult tangier worm lizard weighs 4.05 g and measures 15.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the tangier worm lizard?
The tangier worm lizard (Blanus tingitanus) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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