| Eryx whitakeri | |
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| Lateral and dorsal headviews of adult Eryx whitakeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Eryx |
| Species: | E. whitakeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Eryx whitakeri, also commonly known as Whitaker's sand boa or Whitaker's boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Erycinae of the family Boidae. The species is endemic to India. No subspecies are recognized.[3]
- ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Das, A.; Mohapatra, P.; Srinivasulu, B.; Shankar, G.; Achyuthan, N.S.; Vyas, R.; Thakur, S.; Kulkarni, N.U.; Jose, J.; Sawant, N.S.; Aengals, A.; Deepak, V. (2021). "Eryx whitakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T172652A1359593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T172652A1359593.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Eryx whitakeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 July 2008.