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Basic information
Eryx miliaris
Desert Sand Boa
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyBoas
GenusSand Boas
- Czech name
- Hroznýšek východní
- English name
- Desert Sand Boa
- Alternative names
- Dwarf Sand Boa, Östliche Sandboa, Tartar Sand Boa, Tartar Sand Boa [tataricus], Tatarische Sandboa [tataricus], Wüstensandboa, Песчаный удавчик, 东方沙蚺 [tataricus], 红沙蚺
- Synonyms
- Anguis helluo, Anguis miliaris, Boa tatarica, Eryx miliaris incerta, Eryx miliaris rarus, Eryx miliaris tritus, Eryx miliaris var. koslowi, Eryx miliaris var. roborowskii, Eryx rickmersi, Eryx richmersi, Eryx speciosus, Eryx tataricus, Eryx tataricus bogdanovi, Eryx tataricus speciosus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Desert, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 910 mm
- Body mass
- max 367.3 g
- Offspring total length
- max 137 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 18.3 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- min 5 individuals
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3BG9G · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13960 · dryad-v5