Eryx (genus)
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Eryx is a genus of snakes commonly known as the sand boa. It consists of nine species, found throughout arid and semi-arid habitats of Africa, the Middle East, as far west as India.
[edit] Species
- Eryx borrii (Lanza & Nistri, 2005)
- Central Asia Sand Boa, Eryx elegans (Gray, 1849)
- Javelin Sand Boa, Eryx jaculus
- Eryx jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Eryx jaculus familiaris (Eichwald, 1831)
- Eryx jaculus turcicus (Olivier, 1801)
- Arabian Sand Boa, Eryx jayakari (Boulenger, 1888)
- Indian Sand Boa, Eryx johnii
- Eryx johnii johnii (Russell, 1801)
- Eryx johnii persicus (Nikolski, 1907)
- Dwarf Sand Boa, Eryx miliaris
- Eryx miliaris nogaiorum (Nikolsky, 1910)
- Eryx miliaris miliaris (Pallas, 1773)
- Somalian Sand Boa, Eryx somalicus (Scortecci, 1939)
- Tartar Sand Boa, Eryx tataricus
- Eryx tataricus tataricus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Eryx tataricus speciosus (Carevsky, 1916)
- Eryx tataricus vittatus (Chernov, 1959)
- Whitaker's Sandboa, Eryx whitakeri (Das, 1991)
[edit] See also
- Genus Gongylophis, rough scaled and Kenyan sand boas, which were once classified as Eryx.
[edit] References
- Genus Eryx at the EMBL Reptile Database
- Eryx - The Kenyan Sand Boa Page
