#1585 · 🦎 reptiles
Central Iberian Worm Lizard
Blanus oxyurus
📍 Córdoba, Spain
📍 7330 Santo António das Areias, Portugal
📍 03819 les Casetes del Salt, Alacant, Espanya
📍 Jaén, España
📍 Los Chochales, Churriana, 29004 Málaga, Spanien
📍 Parque del Guadalhorce, Churriana, 29004 Málaga, España
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Jorge Abad · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Nuno Campos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Córdoba, Spain:© apusaffinis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 7330 Santo António das Areias, Portugal:© neilfletcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 03819 les Casetes del Salt, Alacant, Espanya:© geologodeincognito · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Jaén, España:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Los Chochales, Churriana, 29004 Málaga, Spanien:© elaphe176 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Parque del Guadalhorce, Churriana, 29004 Málaga, España:© Ramón Ramiro Carta · CC BY-NC 4.0
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 824 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Central Iberian Worm Lizard
- scientific name
- Blanus oxyurus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Blanidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 799
- sightings worldwide
- 824
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Blanidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1670480. Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.