Eryx whitakeri

Eryx whitakeri is a nonvenomous boa species endemic to coastal southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

Eryx whitakeri
Lateral and dorsal headviews of adult Eryx whitakeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Eryx
Species:
E. whitakeri
Binomial name
Eryx whitakeri
Das, 1991
Synonyms
  • Eryx whitakeri
    Das, 1991
  • Gongylophis whitakeri
    — Tokar, 1995
  • Eryx whitakeri
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999[1]
Common names: Whitaker's sandboa, Whitaker's boa.

Etymology

The specific name, whitakeri, as well as both of the above common names, are in honor of American-born, Indian herpetologist Romulus Whitaker.[3]

Geographic range
Juvenile in Pilerne, Goa (top view)
Adult Whitaker's boa in Pilerne, Goa

Eryx whitakeri is found in southwestern coastal India in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and southern Maharashtra.[1]

The type locality given is "Mangalore, Karnataka State, India".[1]

References
  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Eryx whitakeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michel; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eryx whitakeri, p. 284).

Further reading
  • Whitaker R, Captain A (2004). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-81-901873-0-5.
  • Das I (1991). "A new species of Eryx (Boidae: Serpentes: Squamata) from south-western India". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 88 (1): 92–97. (Eryx whitakeri, new species).
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Eryx whitakeri, p. 14).
  • Jones C (2004). "Sandboas". Reptilia 9 (3): 20–30.


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