- Psammophis schokari
Taxobox | name = Schokari Sand Racer
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Psammophis "
species = "P. schokari"
binomial = "Psammophis schokari"
binomial_authority = (Forskal, 1775)
synonyms =
range_
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range_map_caption =Schokari Sand Racer "Psammophis schokari" is a species of
snake found in parts of Asia and Africa.Distribution
NW India, Afghanistan (Leviton 1959: 461), Pakistan, S Turkmenistan, Western Sahara ?, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Iran (Kavir desert), Yemen
Type locality: Yemen
"Psammophis schokari aegyptius" has been elevated to species status.
References
* Forskål,P. 1775 Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Mölleri, Hauniae, xxxiv + 164 pp.
* Marx,H. 1988 The colubrid snake, Psammophis schokari, from the Arabian Peninsula. Fieldiana Zool. New Ser. 40 (1383): 1-16External links
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* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Psammophis_schokari.jpg
* http://www.podarcis.nl/downloads/2001/2/eng/OmanDeel422001Eng.pdf
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