About Psammophis schokari (Forskal, 1775)
The Schokari sand racer, also called the Forskal sand snake, has the scientific name Psammophis schokari (Forskal, 1775), and is a species of psammophiid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa. Psammophis aegyptius was sometimes treated as a subspecies of Psammophis schokari, but it is currently recognized as a full separate species. While many people commonly refer to snakes in the genus Psammophis as colubrids, this classification is now known to be incorrect. Members of this genus were historically placed in the Colubridae family, but improved modern understanding of snake group relationships has led herpetologists to reclassify Psammophis and its close relatives into the family Lamprophiidae. This family is more closely related to Elapidae than to Colubridae. This species has been recorded in the following locations: Northwest India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, south Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, Kenya, Iraq, Iran (Kavir Desert), and Yemen. Its type locality is Yemen.
