Eryx somalicus

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Eryx somalicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Genus: Eryx
Species: E. somalicus
Binomial name
Eryx somalicus
(Scortecci, 1939)

Eryx somalicus, known commonly as the Somalian sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family.[1][2] As its name suggests, it is found in Somalia.

References

  1. "Eryx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16th, 2010. 
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
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