Taxa Named in Honor
Taxa named in honor of William Thomas Blanford include:
- Blanfordia A. Adams, 1863
- Calandrella blanfordi (Shelley, 1902) - Blanford's Short-toed Lark
- Draco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885
- Acanthodactylus blanfordii Boulenger, 1918 - Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard
- Psammophilus blanfordanus (Stoliczka, 1871) - Blanford's Rock Agama
- Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1890) - Blanford's worm snake
- English name of Vulpes cana (Blanford, 1877) is Blanford's Fox.
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