Schokari sand racer
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Psammophis |
| Species: | P. schokari |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammophis schokari (Forskal, 1775) | |
Schokari sand racer (Psammophis schokari) is a species of Colubrid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa.
Distribution
Northwest India, Afghanistan (Leviton 1959: 461), Pakistan, south Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Iran (Kavir desert), and 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): 1-16
External links
- Psammophis schokari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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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