Sand Snakes
Psammophiidae
Psammophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 57 known species
Malpolons
genusMalpolon
Sand Racers
genusPsammophis
Skaapstekers
genusPsammophylax
Mahafaly Snakes
genusMimophis
Bark Snakes
genusHemirhagerrhis
Beaked Snakes
genusRhamphiophis
Dipsina
genusDipsina
Kladirostratus
genusKladirostratus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121043.