Eryx whitakeri

Taxobox
name = "Eryx whitakeri"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Boidae
subfamilia = Erycinae
genus = "Eryx"
species = "E. whitakeri"
binomial = "Eryx whitakeri"
binomial_authority = Das, 1991
synonyms = * "Eryx whitakeri" - Das, 1991McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Whitaker's sandboa, Whitaker's boa.""Eryx whitakeri" is a non-venomous boa species found in coastal southern India. Named in honor of Romulus Whitaker. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634812|taxon="Eryx whitakeri"|year=2008|date=10 July]

Geographic range

Found in southwestern coastal India in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and southern Maharashtra. The type locality given is "Mangalore, Karnataka State, India."

ee also

* List of erycine species and subspecies
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References

Further reading

* Whitaker R, Captain A. 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.
* Das, I. 1991. A new species of "Eryx" (Boidae Serpentes: Squamata) from south-western India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 88 (1): 92-97.
* Jones, C. 2004. Sandboas. Reptilia 9 (3): 20-30.

External links

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* [http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=11497 Image of "Eryx whitakeri"] at [http://www.indianaturewatch.net/ India Nature Watch] . Accessed 10 July 2008.