Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey) Author Sindaco, Roberto Author Kornilios, Panagiotis Author Sacchi, Roberto Author Lymberakis, Petros text Zootaxa 2014 3795 3 311 326 journal article 45802 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.6 4f8c784f-8d12-425b-91c1-e68112f76752 1175-5326 230932 B1551266-15F0-42C5-8194-A37565D8338E Blanus strauchi bedriagae ( Boulenger, 1884 ) Blanus bedriagae Boulenger, 1884 . TYPE LOCALITY: “from the river Xanthus, Asia Minor ”. SYNTYPES : BM 1946.8.2.14, 1946.8.2.30, 1946.8.31.84-93 (according to Alexander 1966 the series currently consists of only specimens 85-93, but ZIL 6679 - now ZISP -, coming from the British Museum in 1885, may represent the missing specimen). B. strauchi is the available name for the populations of western Anatolia (presumably west of the Antalya area) and the Greek Islands. Two subspecies can be recognized on the basis of both morphological and genetic data: B. s. strauchi ( Bedriaga, 1884 ) in the West and in most of Greek islands, and B. s. bedriagae Boulenger, 1884 , in the East (including Kastellorizo Island). The boundary between these subspecies lies between Ula (Muğla province) and Fethiye.