Psammophis pulcher BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher Taxa	Psammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Boulenger's Sand Racer, Beautiful Sand snake
Synonym	Psammophis pulcher BOULENGER 1895: 537 Psammophis pulcher — LOVERIDGE 1940: 67 Psammophis pulcher — DREWES & SPAWLS 1973 Psammophis pulcher — SPAWLS 1978 Psammophis pulcher — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 556 Psammophis pulcher — WALLACH et al. 2014: 579 Psammophis pulcher — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 432
Distribution	Ethiopia, S Kenya, Somalia Type locality: Webi Shebeli River in Somalia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.8.50 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1895. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in western Somaliland and the Galla Country. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1895: 530-540 - get paper here Drewes,R.C. & Spawls,S. 1973. The occurrence of the colubrid snake, Psammophis pulcher, in Kenya. Herpetologica 29: 306-307 - get paper here Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here Šmíd J, Fernández SM, Elmi HSA, Mazuch T 2023. Diversity of Sand Snakes (Psammophiidae, Psammophis) in the Horn of Africa, with the description of a new species from Somalia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 345-361 - get paper here Spawls, S. 1978. A checklist of the snakes of Kenya. East Afr. Natur. Hist. Soc. and Natl. Mus., Nairobi, J. no. 167 18 pp. Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch& Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.bio-ken.com/index.php/reptiles-and-amphibians/snakes/category… https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157119192364968&set=gm… Google images

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