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Eryx (true sand boa)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Eryx was named by Daudin (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Erycinae by Kluge (1993).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Eryx Daudin
1993Eryx Kluge

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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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available