Eryx whitakeri

Eryx whitakeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Erycinae
Genus: Eryx
Species: Eryx whitakeri

Name

Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991: 93

• Holotype: ZSI 24810, adult ♀, collected by Mangalore Snake Park in April 1990.
• Type locality: “Mangalore, Karnataka State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Das, I. 1991. A new species of Eryx (Boidae: Serpentes: Squamata) from south-western India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 88(1): 92–97. BHL

Links

• Srinivasulu, C., Das, A., Mohapatra, P., Srinivasulu, B., Shankar, G., Achyuthan, N.S., Vyas, R., Thakur, S., Kulkarni, N.U., Jose, J., Sawant, N.S., Aengals, A. & Deepak, V. 2021. IUCN: Eryx whitakeri  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172652A1359593. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T172652A1359593.en. Accessed on 24 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Whitaker’s Sand Boa