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Eryx jayakari BOULENGER, 1888

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Erycinae, Erycidae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Arabian Sand Boa
G: Arabische Sandboa 
SynonymEryx jayakari BOULENGER 1888
Eryx jayakari — BOULENGER 1893: 129
Eryx fodiens ANNANDALE 1913
Eryx jayakari — HAAS 1957: 79
Eryx jayakari — GASPERETTI 1988: 209
Eryx (Pseudogongylophis) jayakari — TOKAR 1989: 54
Eryx jayakari — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 206
Eryx jayakari — SCHMIDT 2010
Eryx jayakari — WALLACH et al. 2014: 288
Eryx jayakari — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 34 
DistributionE Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran (SW Khuzestan), Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Qatar

Type locality: Muscat, Oman  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.7.99, female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Mental groove present; small eyes with oblique elliptical pupils on upper surface of head; distance across head between eyes much shorter than distance from angle of mouth to posterior edge of eye; 4-5 scales between eyes; 9 or 10 scales around eye; 11 upper labials; dorsal scale rows 37-51; ventrals 158-184; subcaudals 16-24, entire; tail sharply pointed, tip with down-turned, claw-like conical scale. (Leviton et al. 1992)


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CommentDistribution: See map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE. For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. In Qatar fide Wikipedia. 
EtymologyNamed after Atmaram S. Jayakar (1844-1911), Indian surgeon, sent to Muscat by the Indian Medical Service. 
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