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Eryx (true sand boa)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Eryx was named by Daudin (1803). It is extant. It is the type genus of Erycinae.

It was assigned to Erycinae by Rage (1984) and Kluge (1993); and to Erycidae by Georgalis et al. (2024).

Species
E. linxiaensis, E. turcica
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. jaculus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Eryx Daudin
1984Eryx Rage p. 25
1993Eryx Kluge
2024Eryx Georgalis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyErycinaeBonaparte 1825
genusEryxDaudin 1803

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Eryx Daudin 1803 [true sand boa]
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†Eryx linxiaensis Shi et al. 2023
†Eryx turcica Olivier 1801
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: SVLsubf
Adult length: 100 to < 1000subf
Grouping: solitarysubf
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparoussubf
Created: 2005-09-10 09:20:11
Modified: 2005-09-10 11:20:11
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Greene 1997, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Spain (Navarre) Eryx sp. (153745 153749 153751 153753 153758 153760 153761 174922)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan Eryx sp. (64355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan (East Kasakhstan) Eryx sp. (167805)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Eryx sp. (136269)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eryx sp. (69179)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Eryx sp. (60283)
Orleanian - Middle Miocene20.0 - 11.608France (Rhône-Alpes) Eryx sp. (26723)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Eryx sp. (48446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Eryx jaculus (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Eryx sp. 1, Eryx sp. 2 (75600)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Ukraine (Odessa) Eryx sp. (167806)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan Eryx sp. (34436)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Eryx sp. (48175 167995)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Gansu) Eryx linxiaensis (96188)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Eryx jaculus (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Eryx sp. (172910)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Eryx sp. (136068)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece Eryx sp. (31907)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Turkey (Ankara) Eryx sp. (34370)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Armenia Eryx sp. (56729)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Russian Federation (Rostov) Eryx sp. (168018)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova Eryx sp. (50941)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Sardinia) Eryx jaculus (230767)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Eryx jaculus (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Eryx sp. (192424 192425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Eryx jaculus (184245)