Species

Psammophylax ocellatus

Psammophylax ocellatus · described by BOCAGE 1873

Psammophylax rhombeatus, a close relative of Psammophylax ocellatus

Pictured: Psammophylax rhombeatus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Psammophylax ocellatus
First described
BOCAGE 1873
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Psammophiidae
Genus
Psammophylax

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree