Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Reptilia > Order: Squamata > Family: Boidae > Genus: Eryx > Species: Eryx miliaris > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Eryx miliaris var. roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906	Uetz P (1997)
Eryx miliaris var. koslowi Bedriaga, 1906	Uetz P (1997)

Desert sand boa - Eryx miliaris (Pallas, 1773)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	3 international agreements
Most preferred habitats	grassland sparsely vegetated land

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

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World

Not evaluated

Europe

Least Concern

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

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Natura 2000 sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Reptiles not included in Annex II)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.	Whole Family BOIDAE is concerned by Appendix II (Except the species included in Appendix I).	http://www.cites.org/eng
	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Desert sand boa	English	Gasc J.P. and al.
Dwarf sand boa	English	Gasc J.P. and al.
Eryx miliaire	French	Gasc J.P. and al.
Östliche Sandboa	German	Gasc J.P. and al.
Zwerg-Sandboa	German	Gasc J.P. and al.

Synonym	Author
Anguis miliaris	Pallas, 1773
Anguis helluo	Pallas, 1814
Eryx miliaris nogairum	Nikolsky, 1910
Eryx miliaris var. roborowskii	Bedriaga, 1906
Eryx miliaris var. koslowi	Bedriaga, 1906
Eryx tataricus	(Lichtenstein, 1823)
All species of Reptiles not included in Annex II

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