Eryx tataricus

Eryx tataricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Erycinae
Genus: Eryx
Species: E. tataricus
Binomial name
Eryx tataricus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Eryx tataricus, known commonly as the Tartar sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family.[1][2] It is found throughout the Middle and Far East.

References

  1. "Eryx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. 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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