Eryx colubrinus

Eryx colubrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Erycinae
Genus: Eryx
Species: Eryx colubrinus
subspecies (2): E. c. colubrinus – E. c. loveridgei

Name

Eryx colubrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Aegypto”.

Combinations

• Anguis colubrina Linnaeus, 1758: 228 [original combination]
• Eryx colubrinus — Daudin, 1803: 262 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eryx colubrinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 April 2020.
• Baha El Din, S., Wagner, P., Wilms, T., Malonza, P.K., Spawls, S., Beraduccii, J. & Safari, I. 2021. IUCN: Eryx colubrinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13264792A13264801. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13264792A13264801.en. Accessed on 16 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ägyptische Sandboa
English: Kenyan Sand Boa
日本語: ナイルスナボア
polski: Strzelec kenijski
українська: Удавчик кенійський

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