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    Species Accepted

    Eryx colubrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    East African Sand Boa
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Eryx
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Boa de arena del este de áfrica Spanish
      East African Sand Boa English
      Kenia-Sandboa)
      Kenyan Sand Boa English
      Ostafrikanische Sandboa German
      Sand Boa English
      Strzelec kenijski Polish
      Theban Sand Boa English
      egyiptomi homokiboa Hungarian
      hroznýšek pestrý Czech

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      62 results
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      Ebel, R., Herrel, A., Scheyer, T.M. and Keogh, J.S. (2025). Review of osteoderm function and future research directions. J Zool, 325: 1-24.
      Broadley, D. G. (1994). A collection of snakes from eastern Sudan, with the description of a new species of Telescopus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of African Zoology 108 (2): 201-208.
      Trape, Jean-François; Israël Demba Kodindo, Ali Sougoudi Djiddi, Joseph Mad-Toïngué & Clément Hinzoumbé Kerah. (2020). The snakes of Chad: results of a field survey and annotated country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 69 (2): 367–393.
      DATHE, F. (1985). Eryx colubrinus loveridgei Stull, 1932 Ostafrikanische Sandboa (Familie: Boidae, Riesenschlangen). Aqauarien Terrarien, Leipzig, 32 (10): 360.
      Sochurek, E. (1979). Die Schlangen Nordafrikas. Mitt. Zool. Ges. Braunau 3 (8/9): 219-226.
      Linnaeus, C. [= Linné, C. von]. (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 Pp.
      Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. (2006). Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale. Savane et désert. [Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger]. IRD Editions, Paris, 226 Pp.
      RODRIGUES NEHEMY, IBRAHIM KAMEL; THAYLLON ORZECHOWSKY GOMES, FERNANDA PAIVA, WESLEY KAUAN KUBO, JOÃO EMÍLIO DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR, NATHAN FERNANDES NEVES & VINICIUS DE AVELAR SÃO PEDRO. (2022). Herpeto-commerce: A look at the illegal online trade of amphibians and reptiles in Brazil. Cuadernos de Herpetología 36(2): 185–196.
      Woerkom, A.B. van. (1981). Het voederen van Eryx colubrinus loveridgei [The feeding of Eryx colubrinus loveridgei]. Litteratura Serpentium 1 (5): 181-182.

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