Schokari sand racer
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Species: | P. schokari
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Psammophis schokari (Forskal, 1775)
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Schokari Sand Racer (Psammophis schokari) is a species of Colubrid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa.
Distribution
NW India, Afghanistan (Leviton 1959: 461), Pakistan, S Turkmenistan, Western Sahara ?, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Iran (Kavir desert), 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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