Psammophiidae, Dowling, 1967

Aloufi, Abdulhadi A., Amr, Zuhair S., Abu Baker, Mohammad A. & Hamidan, Nashat, 2019, Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 204) 13 (2), pp. 181-202 : 194

Family Psammophiidae ( Fig. 11D )

This family includes two species in two genera ( Psammophis and Rhagerhis ). Both species are desert adapted species with wide ranging distributions across the Kingdom ( Gasperetti 1988).

Figures

Fig. 11. Snakes of Saudi Arabia. (A) Platyceps elagantissimus. (B) Telescopus dhara. (C) Platyceps rhodarchis. (D) Psammophis schokari. Photos by M. Al Sulimi (A), A. Al Salman (B–C), and A. Aloufi (D).