Psammophis schokari
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Schokari Sand Racer is a species of snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

found in parts of Asia and Africa.

Distribution

NW India, Afghanistan (Leviton 1959: 461), Pakistan, S Turkmenistan, Western Sahara ?, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, 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.

External links

  • 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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