Eryx miliaris

Eryx miliaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Erycinae
Genus: Eryx
Species: E. miliaris
Binomial name
Eryx miliaris
(Pallas, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Anguis miliaris Pallas, 1773
  • Eryx miliaris Eichwald, 1831[1]

Eryx miliaris, known commonly as the Dwarf sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family. The species is endemic to Asia.[2][3]

Geographic range

E. miliaris is found in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, southern Russia, and northwestern China.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Eryx miliaris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. xi + 511 pp.

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