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Bibliography of the genus
Eryx (Sand Boas)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Boidae)
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Eryx in general
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Barnicoat, M. 1998. Sand boas - the genus Eryx. Rephiberary 247: 6-9.
Eskandarzadeh, N.; Darvish, J.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Ghassemzadeh, F. 2013. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of sand boas of the genus Eryx (Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes: Boidae) in northeastern Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37(3): 348-356.
Hoser, R.T. 2013. Tidying up the taxonomy of the extant Booidea, including the erection and naming of two new families, the description of Acrantophis sloppi sp. nov., a new species of ground boa from Madagascar and Candoia aspera iansimpsoni, subsp. nov., a new subspecies of boa from Papua New Guinea. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 3-8.
Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.
Jones, C. 2004. General care and maintenance of sand boas. Reptilia (GB) 34: 29-33.
Jones, C. 2004. Sand boas. Reptilia (GB) 34: 12-23.
Jones, C. 2004. Sandboas. Reptilia (D) 9(47): 20-30.
Jones, C. 2004. Zur Haltung und Pflege von Sandboas. Reptilia (D) 9(47): 31-34.
Lynch, V.J.; Wagner, G.P. 2010. Did egg-laying boas break Dollo's law? phylogenetic evidence for reversal to oviparity in sand boas (Eryx: Boidae). Evolution 64(1): 207-216.
Matz, G. 1986. Elevage de reptiles en captivite. Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire de l'Ecole d'Alfort 162(3): 255-265.
McLain, J. 1985. Captive propagation of boid snakes: the sand boas - genus Eryx. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 8(8): 83-85.
Peaker, S.J. 1969. Sand-boas. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 34: 321.
Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattung und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, tropidonotus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869(May): 432-445.
Rage, J.C. 1972. Eryx Daudin et Gongylophis Wagler (Serpentes, Boidae). Étude osteologique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie) (Paris) 57: 894-898.
Schmidt, D. 1988. The snakes of Transcaucasia. Part 1. Typhlops and Eryx. Snake Keeper 2(11): 8-12.
Seufer, H. 2001. Kleine Riesenschlangen. Pflege und Zucht von Sandboas im Terrarium. Draco 2(1) (5): 56-67
Tokar, A. 1996. Taxonomic revision of the genus Gongylophis Wagler 1830: G. colubrinus (L. 1758) (Serpentes Boidae). Tropical Zoology 9(1): 1-17.
Tokar, A.A. 1986. Studien zur taxonomischen Lage der zentralasiatischen Schlangen der Gattung Eryx (Daud., 1803). pp. 174-178, 242. In: Vorobeva, E.I. (ed.). Gerpetologicheskie issledovaniya v Mongolskoi Narodnoi Respublike [Herpetological studies in Mongolia]. Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow. 247 pp.
Tokar, A.A. 1989. A revision of the genus Eryx (Serpentes, Boidae), based upon osteological data. Vestnik Zoologii 1989(4): 46-55.
Treacher, W.H.; Miller, R.B.; Miller, S.; Nielsen, D.I.; Spawls, S.; Stark, S.; Staub, R. 2014. The Sandboa Book. Treat Publishing, Davis, California. 251 pp.
Woerkom, A.B. van 1987. The snakes of the genus Eryx. pp. 48-51. In: Welch, K.R. Handbook on the maintenance of reptiles in captivity. Krieger, Florida. 156 pp.
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Eryx borrii
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Lanza, B.; Nistri, A. 2005. Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes). Tropical Zoology 18(1): 67-136.
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Eryx colubrinus
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Ahl, E. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Wühlschlangen der Gattung Eryx. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu B 30: 324-326.
Arth, S.; Baus, S. 2011. Die Ostafrikanische Sandboa - Gongylophis colubrinus. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 64 pp.
Barker, D.; Barker, T. 1996. Kenyan sand boa, a beautiful mini-constrictor. Vivarium (Lakeside) 7(4): 38-43.
Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.M. 2013. The reproductive husbandry of Kenyan Sandboas. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(7): 89-91.
Barnicoat, M. 1998. Sand boas - the genus Eryx. Rephiberary 247: 6-9.
DeShaw, B.; Schoenfeld, A.; Cook, R.A.; Haramati, N. 1996. Imaging of reptiles: a comparison study of various radiographic techniques. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 27(3): 364-370.
Klein, M.C.G.; Deuschle, J.K.; Gorb, S.N. 2010. Material properties of the skin of the Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Squamata, Boidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 196(9): 659-668.
Lamers, H. 1984. Eryx colubrinus loveridgei. Litteratura Serpentium 4(2): 78.
Meer, J. van het 1997. Eryx colubrinus (Stull, 1932). Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 17(1): 12-14.
Owen, J.S. 1956. Torit snakes. Sudan Notes 37: 92-93.
Petzold, H.G. 1963. Im Tierpark Berlin 1958 erstmalig gehaltene Tierformen. Mitt. aus dem Tierpark Berlin 1(4): 177-202.
Pols, J. van der 1986. The husbandry and breeding of the Kenyan sandboa Eryx colubrinus loveridgei (Stull, 1932). Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 6(6): 206-212.
Schweizer, H. 1972. Eryx colubrinus loveridgei Stull, 1932, seine Pflege und Nachzucht im Terrarium. Aquarium Aqua Terra 1972(5): 52-56.
Sharp, S. 1992. The Egyptian sand boa, Eryx colubrinus colubrinus. Herptile 17(1): 16-18.
Stull, O.G. 1932. Five new subspecies of the family Boidae. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 25-29.
Tracer, D.P. 1996. Observations on age at sexual maturity & captive reproduction in the East African sand boa - Eryx colubrinus loveridgei. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 1996(January-February): 46-51.
Villiers, A. 1950. Contribution a l'étude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Reptiles. Ophidiens et cheloniens. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 337-344.
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Eryx conicus
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Adiyodi, K.G. 1960. Observations on the red earth boa or Russel's earth-snake [Eryx conicus (Schneider)]. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57: 671-672.
Ahmad, F.; Alam, S.M.I.; Khondakar, T. 2015. Geographic distribution: Eryx conicus (Common Sand Boa). Herpetological Review 46(4): 572-573.
Alexandar, R.; Jayakumar, J. 2010. Common Sand Boa. Reptile Rap 10: 28.
Bhardwaj, D. 2007. Rough-scaled sand boa (Eryx conicus) predation on a Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis). Biawak 1(1): 34.
Bhutkar, R.; Mahabal, A. 2014. Cases of albinism in snakes from Maharashtra, India. Reptile Rap 16: 31-35.
Chowdhury, S.; Dwari, S.; Chaudhuri, A. 2018. Unusual arboreality in a Common Sand Boa, Eryx conicus (Schneider 1801) (Reptilia: Squamata: Erycidae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(1): 40–41.
Das, I. 1991. Morphometrics of Eryx conicus (Schneider) at a locality in South India (Squamata: Boidae). Hamadryad 16(1-2): 21-24.
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1936. A boa new to Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science (B) 19: 336-337.
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1951. Some new races of the snakes Eryx, Callophis and Echis. Spolia Zeylanica 26: 147-150.
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1960. The breeding season of the sand boa Eryx conicus brevis Deraniyagala. Spolia Zeylanica 29: 35.
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1963. A new record of the sand boa from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 30(1): 75.
Desai, R.N. 1984. A report on the rare occurrence of two headed Russell's earth-snake or red earth boa Eryx conicus (Ophidia: Boidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81(2): 483.
Devaraj, A. 1993. An experiment on the efficacy of three snakes, Eryx conicus, Eryx johni and Ptyas mucosus in the control of the field rat Bandicoota bengalensis. Cobra (Madras) 14: 19-22.
Jayawardhana, C. 1976. The sand boa. Loris 14(1): 45.
Khaire, A.; Khaire, N. 1986. A report on the occurrence of hybrid between Eryx conicus (Schneider) and Eryx johnii (Russell). The Snake 18(2): 114-117.
Khaire, A.; Khaire, N.; Katdare, M. 1986. Parturition in common sand boa, Eryx conicus (Schneider). The Snake 18(1): 16-18.
Khaire, N. 1977. Snake collecting in Matheran. Newsletter of the Madras Snake Park Trust 2(1): 10-11.
Khaire, N. 1997. Double-headed boa born at Pune Snake Park. Herpeton (Pune) 7: 14.
Khajuria, H.; Agrawal, H.P. 1981. Studies on wildlife of Narbada Valley - part 2. Reptilia. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 78(1-4): 21-36.
Klooster, W. 1989. Breeding results. Eryx conicus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 9(2): 91.
Kumbar, S.M.; Ghadage, A.B.; Patil, S.S.; Swapnali, B.L. 2016. Record of albino Sand Boa (Gongylophis conicus) from Sangli District, western Maharashtra, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 70-72.
Mirza, Z.A.; Ullalkar, K.K.; Satam, Y. 2007. Notes on the breeding of common sand boa Gongylophis conicus (Schneider, 1801). Zoos' Print Journal 22(12): 2940.
Pal, A.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2012. Seasonal diversity and abundance of herpetofauna in and around an industrial city of West Bengal, India. Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation 7(4): 281-286.
Paralkar, V.K. 2000. The Common Sand Boa (Eryx conicus) in captivity. Reptile Rap (Newletter of the Reptile Network of South Asia) 2(1): 1.
Senthil-Kumar, P.; Kamalakara-Rao, A.P.; Vatsala, T.M. 1995. Biochemical basis for the differentiation of the two nonpoisonous snakes Eryx conicus Schneider and Eryx johnii Russell (family: Boidae). Current Science (Bangalore) 69(3): 258-262.
Sharma, O.P.; Kour, G. 2005. Karyology of four Indian snakes. Caryologia 58(4): 380-386.
Southwick, M.D. 1952. Babies of the reptile world. Zoo Life 7: 125-129.
Sundersingh, P.P.H. 1960. Reptilian fauna of Pilani with a note on the food contents. Part I. Ophidia. Proceedings Rajasthan Acad. Sci. 7: 52-59.
Swaak, H. 1988. Care and breeding of Eryx conicus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 8(6): 269-272.
Tokar, A. 1995. Taxonomic revision of the genus Gongylophis Wagler 1830: G. conicus (Schneider 1801) and G. muelleri Boulenger 1892 (Serpentes Boidae). Tropical Zoology 8(2): 347-360.
Vyas, R. 1985. Young common sandboa (Eryx conicus Schneider) swallowing barred wolfsnake (Lycodon striatus Shaw) double its length. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82(2): 424.
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Eryx jaculus
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Afsar, M.; Cicek, K.; Dincaslan, Y.E.; Ayaz, D.; Tok, C.V. 2013. New record localities of five snake species in Turkey. Herpetozoa 25(3-4): 179-183.
Aghasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J.; Lymberakis, P.; Andrén, C.; Cogalniceanu, D.; Wilkinson, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Üzüm, N.; Orlov, N.L.; Podloucky, R.; Tuniyev, S.; Kaya, U.; Sindaco, R.; Böhme, W. & al. 2009. Eryx jaculus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157244A5058568.
Aliev, T.R.; Novrusov, N.E.; Tockar, A.A. 1990. Morphometric analysis and peculiarity of biology of Eryx jaculus familiaris in Azerbaidjan. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 69(3): 152-156.
Basoglu, M.; Bilgin, F. 1961. On some new specimens of sandboa, Eryx jaculus L. from Izmir (Western Anatolia). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 13) 4: 557-558.
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Buresch, I. 1929. Zwei für die Fauna Bulgariens neue Schlangen. Spis. blg. Akad. Sofia 40: 119-139.
Calabresi, E. 1923. Missione zoologica del Dr. E. Festa in Cirenaica. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino 38(7): 1-28.
Carere, C.; Casetti, R.; Acetis, L. de; Perretta, G.; Cirulli, F.; Alleva, E. 1999. Behavioural and nociceptive response in male and female spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) upon exposure to snake odour. Behaviour 47(1): 1-10.
Cattaneo, A. 2010. Note eco-morfologiche su alcune species ofidiche egee, con particolare riferimento alle popolazioni delle cicladi centro-orientali (Reptilia). Naturalista Siciliano 34(3-4): 319-350.
Covaciu-Marcov, S.D.; Ferenti, S.; Cicort-Lucaciu, A.S.; Sas, I. 2012. Eryx jaculus (Reptilia, Boidae) north of Danube: a road-killed specimen from Romania. Acta Herpetologica 7(1): 41-47.
Eskandarzadeh, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Todehdehghan, F.; Rajabizadeh, M. 2018. Sexual dimorphism in the Javelin Sand Boa, Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Erycidae), from western Iran. Current Herpetology 37(1): 88-92.
Gherghel, I.; Strugariu, A.; Zamfirescu, S.R. 2009. Using maximum entropy to predict the distribution of a critically endangered reptile species (Eryx jaculus, Reptilia: Boidae) at its Northern range limit. AES Bioflux 1(2): 65-71.
Goldberg, S.R. 2015. Natural history notes: Eryx jaculus (Javelin Sand Boa). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 46(3): 448.
Insacco, G.; Spadola, F.; Russotto, S.; Scaravelli, D. 2015. Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758): a new species for the Italian herpetofauna (Squamata: Erycidae). Acta Herpetologica 10(2): 149-153.
Itescu, Y.; Gaya, S.; Slavenko, A. 2015. Natural history notes: Eryx jaculus (Sand Boa). Albinism. Herpetological Review 46(1): 103-104.
Jones, C. 2004. Breeding Eurasian sand boas Eryx jaculus, Eryx miliaris & Eryx tataricus. Reptilia (GB) 34: 24-28.
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Kiritzescu, C. 1903. Sur la presence d'Eryx jaculus en Roumanie. Bull. Soc. Bucarest 11: 620-626.
Krecsák, L.; Iftime, A. 2006. A review of the records of the sand boa (Eryx jaculus) in Romania. Herpetological Bulletin 98: 31-34.
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Tokar, A. 1991. A revision of the subspecies structure of javelin sand boa, Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Boidae). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya 1: 18-41, 171.
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Eryx jayakari
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Eryx johnii
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Brown, S.B. 1992. Microhabitat relations of some snakes and lizards in Tamil Nadu, south India. Hamadryad 17: 35-38.
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Eryx miliaris
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Darevsky, I.S. 1993. Eryx miliaris - Östliche Sandboa. pp. 55-66. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp.
Jones, C. 2004. Breeding Eurasian sand boas Eryx jaculus, Eryx miliaris & Eryx tataricus. Reptilia (GB) 34: 24-28.
Jones, C. 2004. Zur Vermehrung eurasischer Sandboas: Eryx jaculus, Eryx miliaris und Eryx tataricus. Reptilia (D) 9(47): 35-39.
Kireev, V.A. 1974. Geographical variability of the sand boa (Eryx miliaris). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 53(2): 244-255.
Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96.
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Nikolsky, A.M. 1910. [The Caucasian species of the genus Eryx (Boidae)]. (In Russian). Mitt. Kaukas. Mus. (Tiflis) 5(1): Unpaginated.
Serebrennikov, M.K. 1933. Biologische Skizzen über die Wirbeltiere des Südwestlichen Kizilkum. Aquarium (Berlin) 1933: 8-13, 50-54.
Shaposhnikov, A.V. 2001. About new record of Eryx miliaris on the Mt. Bol'shoi Bogdo in Astrakhan' region, Russia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 79.
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Eryx muelleri
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Andrijczuk, C. 2006. Das Verteidigungsverhalten der Sandboa Gongylophis muelleri (Boulenger 1892), mit einigen anmerkungen zur Taxonomie. Elaphe 14(2): 52-56.
Angel, F. 1938. Liste des reptiles de Mauritanie recueillis par la mission d'études de la biologie des Acridiens en 1936 et 1937. Description d'un sous-especie nouvelle d'Eryx muelleri. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 10(5): 485-487.
Boulenger, G.A. 1892. Description of a new snake from Nubia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 9: 74-76.
Mehta, R.S.; Burghardt, G.M. 2008. Contextual flexibility: reassessing the effects of prey size and status on prey restraint behaviour of macrostomate snakes. Ethology 114(2): 133-145.
Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuchâtel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.
Tokar, A. 1995. Taxonomic revision of the genus Gongylophis Wagler 1830: G. conicus (Schneider 1801) and G. muelleri Boulenger 1892 (Serpentes Boidae). Tropical Zoology 8(2): 347-360.
Vignoli, L.; Segniagbeto, G.H.; Eniang, E.A.; Hema, E.; Petrozzi, F.; Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L. 2016. Aspects of natural history in a sand boa, Eryx muelleri (Erycidae) from arid savannahs in Burkina Faso, Togo, and Nigeria (West Africa). Journal of Natural History 50(11-12): 749-758.
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Eryx tataricus
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Berezovikov, N.N. 2005. [Record of the biggest in size Eryx tataricus in Tarbagatai]. (In Russian, English summary). Selevinia 2004: 234.
Berezovikov, N.N. 2009. [New locations of Eryx tataricus records in Alakol depression in Tarbagatai foothills]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2008: 250.
Berezovikov, N.N.; Lobachev, J.S. 2006. [To hunting behaviour of Eryx tataricus]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2005: 175-176.
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Meppiel, P.R. 1965. Notes on Eryx tataricus (Lichtenstein). Turtox News 43: 40-41.
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Prokopov, K.P. 1977. A new finding of Eryx tataricus in Kazakhstan. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 56(5): 796-798.
Vashetko, E.V.; Radzhabov, B. 1975. [On the problem of the reproduction of Eryx tataricus]. pp. 76-78. (In Russian). In: Khairutdinov, K.S. & Devletshina, A.G. (eds.): [Ecology and biology of the animals of Uzbekistan. 2. Vertebrates]. Fan, Tashkent. 191 pp.
Zima, Y.A. 2009. [About the case of black widow spider attacking a boa (Eryx tataricus)]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2008: 255.
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Eryx whitakeri
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Captain, A.; Thakur, S.; Khaire, A. 2009. Precise locality records of Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991 with notes on scalation and a comment on its common name. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106(3): 342-343.
Chowdhury, S.; Chaudhuri, A. 2017. Natural history notes: Bungarus caeruleus (Common Krait). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(4): 856-857.
Das, I. 1991. A new species of Eryx (Boidae: Serpentes: Squamata) from south-western India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 88(1): 92-97.
Lobo, J.V.; Sreepada, K.S. 2015. Captive breeding of Whitaker’s boa, Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991 in Pilikula Biological Park, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Zoos' Print Magazine 30(6): 22-23.
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