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Sand Boas
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Sand Boas

Eryx

Eryx is a genus of nonvenomous boas found in southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. Nine species are currently recognized.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

Rough-scaled Sand Boa

speciesEryx conicus

Javelin Sand Boa

speciesEryx jaculus

Red Sand Boa

speciesEryx johnii

Desert Sand Boa

speciesEryx miliaris

Arabian Sand Boa

speciesEryx jayakari

Whitaker’s sand boa

speciesEryx whitakeri

East African Sand Boa

speciesEryx colubrinus

Sahara Sand Boa

speciesEryx muelleri

Sistan Sand Boa

speciesEryx sistanensis

Elegant Sand Boa

speciesEryx elegans

Eastern Sand Boa

speciesEryx vittatus

Biji Sand Boa

speciesEryx borrii

Somali Sand Boa

speciesEryx somalicus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32215.