Eryx borrii is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[2]
| Eryx borrii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Eryx |
| Species: | E. borrii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eryx borrii | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, borrii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Marco Borri.[3]
Geographic range
editE. borrii is found in northern Somalia.[1]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of E. borrii is shrubland, at altitudes around 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]
Description
editE. borrii is similar in morphology to E. somalicus. However, E. borri is more slender and has a higher number of ventral scales (193 as opposed to 163 in E. somalicus).[2]
Behavior
editE. borrii is terrestrial, semifossorial, crepuscular and nocturnal.[1]
Reproduction
editE. borrii is ovoviviparous.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Spawls, S. (2021). "Eryx borrii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13264776A13264778. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Eryx borrii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eryx borrii, p. 32).
Further reading
edit- Lanza B, Nistri A (2005). "Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes)". Tropical Zoology 18: 67–136. (Eryx borrii, new species, pp. 95–99, Figures 15–18).
- Reynolds RG, Henderson RW (2018). "Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist with Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (1): 1–58. (Eryx borrii, p. 33).
- Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.
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