Blanus [SEP] parent taxon
of "Blanus" to other worm-lizards are not clear. The genus was formerly included in the Amphisbaenidae. More recent analyses suggest that blanids are more primitive, and are either related to "Bipes" or represent an even more ancient lineage.
A number of fossils from Europe have been referred either to "Blanus" or to the Blanidae.
Species.
The genus contains the following species:
- "Blanus alexandri"
- "Blanus aporus"
- "Blanus cinereus" – Iberian worm
or "strauchii" commemorate his name, five examples being:
- "Blanus strauchi" (Bedriaga, 1884)
- "Ctenotus strauchii" (Boulenger, 1887)
- "Eremias strauchi" Kessler, 1878
- "Gloydius strauchi" (Bedriaga, 1912)
- "Phrynocephalus strauchi" Nikolsky, 1899.
"Nota bene": A Taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
His zoologist author abbreviation is Strauch.
Selected works.