Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Erycinae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Boidae Scientific name Gongylophis Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Gongylophis colubrinus, Gongylophis conicus | ||
Gongylophis is a genus of non-venomous boas found in mostly in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Currently, 3 species are recognized. They were formerly placed in Eryx.
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Geographic range
Found in Africa from Mauritania and Senegal east to Egypt and south to Tanzania. Also reported from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. In the Indian subcontinent the genus is found from eastern Pakistan, eastern India and Bangladesh southwards as far as northwestern Sri Lanka.
Species
T) Type species.
Taxonomy
Boulenger (1890) used the generic name Gongylophis for the Indian species, conicus, and Eryx for the other African and Asian species.
References
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