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Eryx muelleri

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Eryx muelleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Eryx
Species:
E. muelleri
Binomial name
Eryx muelleri
Boulenger, 1892
Synonyms[2]
  • Gongylophis muelleri
    Boulenger, 1892
  • Eryx muelleri
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Gongylophis muelleri
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Eryx muelleri
    Wallach et al., 2014

Eryx muelleri, known commonly as Müller's sand boa or the Saharan sand boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Africa. They are kept fairly regularly in the pet industry due to their docile nature and easy care.

Etymology

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The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Fritz Müller.[5]

Geographic range

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E. muelleri is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.[2]

Reproduction

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E. muelleri is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominate subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: The trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Eryx.

References

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  1. ^ Wilms, T. & Segniagbeto, G. (2021). "Eryx muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13264852A13264857. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13264852A13264857.en. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Eryx muelleri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Gongylophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ^ 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. 511 pp.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gongylophis muelleri, p. 184).

Further reading

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  • Angel F (1938). "Liste des reptiles du Mauritanie recueillis par la mission d'études de la biologie des Acridiens en 1936 et 1937. Description d'une sous-espèce nouvelle d' Eryx muelleri". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 10: 485–487. (Eryx muelleri subniger, new subspecies). (in French).
  • Boulenger GA (1892). "Description of a new Snake from Nubia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 9: 74–76. (Gongylophis muelleri, new species).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Eryx muelleri, new combination, p. 128 + Plate V, figure 2).