Desert Sand Boa
Eryx miliaris
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
Eryx miliaris, known as the dwarf sand boa, desert sand boa, and if formally synonymised with Eryx tataricus, as Tartar sand boa, is a widely distributed, largely Asian species of snake of the Boidae family. On behalf of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), scientists assessed the populations of E. miliaris/tataricus across its range of habitats for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in April 2016, assigning them the status of "Least Concern".
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Boidae
- Genus
- Eryx