| Eryx whitakeri | |
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| Juvenile in Pilerne, Goa, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Erycinae |
| Genus: | Eryx |
| Species: | E. whitakeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991 |
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Eryx whitakeri is a non-venomous boa species found in coastal southern India. Named in honor of Romulus Whitaker. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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Found in southwestern coastal India in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and southern Maharashtra. The type locality given is "Mangalore, Karnataka State, India."[1]