Eryx Daudin 1803 (true sand boa)
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Parent taxon: Erycidae according to G. Georgalis et al. 2024
See also Kluge 1993 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Albaneryx, Bransateryx, Cadurceryx, Charina, Gaimanophis, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura, Pterygoboa, Tregophis
Subtaxa: Eryx linxiaensis Eryx turcica
Ecology: fossorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Israel (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Moldova (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)
• Miocene of China (1), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (3), Mongolia (1), Spain (11), Ukraine (4)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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