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Basic information
Eryx colubrinus
Sand Boa
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyBoas
GenusSand boas
- Czech name
- Hroznýšek keňský
- English name
- Sand Boa
- Alternative names
- Hroznýšek pestrý, Boa de areia, East African Sand Boa, East African Sandboa, Kenia-Sandboa), Kenyan Sand Boa, Theban Sand Boa
- Synonyms
- Anguis colubrina, Eryx loveridgei, Eryx rufescens, Eryx thebaicus, Eryx thebaicus loveridgei
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 900 mm
- Body mass
- max 355.9 g
- Offspring total length
- max 175 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 30 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1.2–1.2 years
- Reproductive mode
- Ovoviviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–32 individuals
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3BG93 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13954 · dryad-v5