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Eryx vittatus CHERNOV, 1959

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Erycinae, Erycidae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEryx tataricus vittatus CHERNOV 1959: 121
Eryx vittatus — TOKAR 1989
Eryx vittatus — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eryx tataricus vittatus — JONES 2004
Eryx vittatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 290
Eryx vittatus — PYRON et al. 2014
Eryx tataricus vittatus — SAFAEI-MAHROO et al. 2015
Eryx vittatus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 36
Eryx tataricus — CHIRIKOVA et al. 2020 
DistributionTajikistan

Type locality: Gissar Valley 20 km northwest of the city Stalinabada (fide Chernov, Google translated from Russian), apparently near Dushanbe, Tajikistan.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP 14009, a male 
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CommentSee also E. tataricus.

Distribution: only known from Tajikistan but possibly also in neighboring N Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. See map in Ananjeva et al. 2006. For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “vittatus” for ribbon, or decorated by a ribbon. 
References
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  • Chernov, S.A. (Tschernow) 1959. Reptiles. in: Fauna of the Tajik SSR, Vol. XVIII [in Russian]. Presmykajuschtsch, Stalinabad, 203 pp.
  • Davletbakov, A. T.; L. A. Kustareva, D. A. Milko, A. N. Ostastshenko, S. S. Sagymbaev, S. A. Toropov, N. V. Trotchenko 2015. Genetical Fund Cadastre of Kyrgyz Republic. Vol. IV. Phylum Chordata (chordates). Bishkek, 128 p. + XXXVI color tables - get paper here
  • Dujsebayeva, T. N. (ed.) 2010. Short review of last changes in the checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Kazakhstan. [in Russian]. In: Dujsebayeva, T. N. (ed.) Herpetological Researches in Kazakhstan and adjacent countries, p. 37-52
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  • ESKANDARZADEH, Naeimeh; Jamshid DARVISH, Eskandar RASTEGAR-POUYANI, Fereshteh GHASSEMZADEH 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: 348-356 - get paper here
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  • Jones, C. 2004. Sandboas. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (47): 20-30 - get paper here
  • Jones, C. 2004. Zur Vermehrung eurasischer Sandboas: Eryx jaculus, Eryx miliaris und Eryx tataricus. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (47): 35-39 - get paper here
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