Eryx borrii

Eryx borrii
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Eryx
Species:	E. borrii
Binomial name
	Eryx borrii; Lanza & Nistri, 2005

Last updated October 01, 2025

Eryx borrii is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, borrii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Marco Borri.^[3]

Geographic range

E. borrii is found in northern Somalia.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. borrii is shrubland, at altitudes around 400 m (1,300 ft).^[1]

Description

E. borrii is similar in morphology to E. somalicus . However, E. borri is more slender and has a higher number of ventral scales (193 as opposed to 163 in E. somalicus).^[2]

Behavior

E. borrii is terrestrial, semifossorial, crepuscular and nocturnal.^[1]

Reproduction

E. borrii is ovoviviparous.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Spawls, S. (2021). "Eryx borrii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13264776A13264778. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
1 2 3 Eryx borrii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 December 2014.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eryx borrii, p. 32).

Lanza B, Nistri A (2005). "Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes)". Tropical Zoology18: 67–136. (Eryx borrii, new species, pp. 95–99, Figures 15–18).
Reynolds RG, Henderson RW (2018). "Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist with Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology162 (1): 1–58. (Eryx borrii, p. 33).
Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Spawls, S. (2021). "Eryx borrii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13264776A13264778. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Eryx borrii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 December 2014.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eryx borrii, p. 32).

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