Eryx miliaris
Eryx miliaris, known commonly as the Dwarf sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family. The species is endemic to Asia.[2][3]
| Eryx miliaris | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Eryx |
| Species: | E. miliaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryx miliaris (Pallas, 1773) | |
| Synonyms | |
Geographic range
E. miliaris is found in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, southern Russia, and northwestern China.[1]
gollark: If it's right, then why do you literally consist of a large hexadecahedron containing GTech™ fundamental particle 11284?
gollark: Wrong.
gollark: Unlike UUIDs, they are only unique on Earth, of course.
gollark: Globally unique ID.
gollark: *How* can makeup draw light into your eyes? Except GTech™ gravitational makeup™.
References
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- "Eryx miliaris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. xi + 511 pp.
Further reading
- Eichwald [K]E. 1831. Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimum rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi habendarum. Pars posterior. Vilnius: J. Zawadzki. pp. 116–197. (Eryx miliaris, p. 176). (in Latin).
- Pallas PS. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Zwenter Theil [Volume 2]. St. Petersburg, Russia: Russian Academy of Sciences. 744 pp. (Anguis miliaris, new species, p. 718). (in German and Latin).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.