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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 22nd, 2026.
Psammophiidae
 
Old World Sand Snakes, etc.
Sandrennnattern u.a.
Sandsnoge m.fl.
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Contents:
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9 genera of which 1 (11.1%) is endemic | 0%  100%
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59 species of which 10 (16.9%) are endemic | 0%  100%
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Remarks:
Previously included in the family
Lamprophiidae.
Regarded herein as a separate family, following O'Shea (2023) and Wallach (2026).
Distribution:
Africa, S. Europe, Middle East, C. and S. Asia, Malay Archipelago.
Reported from:
Afghanistan,
Albania,
Algeria,
Angola,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Benin,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Botswana,
Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
China,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
France,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Gibraltar,
Greece,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Italy,
Ivory Coast,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kenya,
Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan,
Laos,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Libya,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Mongolia,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nepal,
Niger,
Nigeria,
North Macedonia,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Russia,
Rwanda,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa,
South Sudan,
Spain,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tajikistan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Uganda,
United Arab Emirates,
Uzbekistan,
Vietnam,
Western Sahara,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the world's snakes (menu).
Compiled by V. Wallach
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