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Higher TaxaBoidae (Erycinae, Erycidae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rough-tailed Sand Boa, Common Sand Boa
G: Gefleckte Sandboa, Rauhschwanz-Sandboa 
SynonymBoa conica SCHNEIDER 1801: 268
Gongylophis conicus — WAGLER 1830 (not verified)
Erix bengalensis — CUVIER 1837: plate 26
Eryx conicus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 470
Eryx conicus var. laevis PETERS 1869: 436
Gongylophis conicus — BOULENGER 1892: 75
Eryx conicus — BOULENGER 1893: 124
Eryx conicus — SMITH 1943: 112
Eryx conicus brevis DERANIYAGALA 1951
Gongylophis conicus — TOKAR 1995
Eryx conicus — BAUER 1998
Gongylophis conicus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 211
Eryx conicus — KHAN 2002 (pers. comm.)
Eryx conicus — SHARMA 2004
Gongylophis conicus — WHITAKER & CAPTAIN 2004
Gongylophis conicus brevis — JONES 2004
Eryx conicus — AVADHANI 2005
Eryx conica conica — MURTHY 2010
Eryx conicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 287
Eryx conicus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 33 
DistributionPakistan, Nepal, India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra [A. Captain, pers. Comm.], Punjab [Dino Aulakh, pers. comm.], Gujarat, Odisha), Sri Lanka

Type locality: “India orientali”, i.e. Tranquebar, SE India (BAUER 1998).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntype: ZMB 1470
Holotype: NMSL [brevis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1827 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Gongylophis conicus is the type species of the genus Gongylophis WAGLER 1830.

Distribution: Map: Das 1991

Subspecies: no subspecies are recognized by Wallach et al. 2014 and Reynolds & Henderson 2018. 
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