William Thomas Blanford - Taxa Named in Honor

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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