Schokari sand racer
| Schokari Sand Racer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| 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, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, 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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