Eryx muelleri explained
Eryx muelleri, known commonly as Müller's sand boa or the Saharan sand boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[1] The species is endemic to Africa. They are kept fairly regularly in the pet industry due to their docile nature and easy care.
Etymology
The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Fritz Müller.[2]
Geographic range
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.[3]
Reproduction
E. muelleri is oviparous.[3]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominate subspecies.[3]
- Eryx muelleri muelleri
- Eryx muelleri subniger
Nota bene
The trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Eryx.
Further reading
- 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).
Notes and References
- [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid, Roy W.]
- Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Gongylophis muelleri, p. 184).
- . www.reptile-database.org.
