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Erycinae (sand boa)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy

Erycinae was named by Bonaparte (1825) [also said to be 1831]. It is extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Noonan and Chippindale (2006).

It was reranked as the family Erycidae by Zittel (1890) and Vidal and Hedges (2002); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Boidae by Noonan and Chippindale (2006).

It was assigned to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Macrostomata by Scanlon (2006) and Longrich et al. (2012); and to Boidae by Bonaparte (1825), Perrier (1928), Kuhn (1946), McGrew et al. (1959), Kuhn (1966), Rage (1984), Szyndlar (1987), Zerova (1989), Parmley and Holman (1995), Maddox and Wall (1998), McDiarmid et al. (1999), Parmley and Hunter (2010) and Cirilli et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Albaneryx, Bransateryx, Cadurceryx, Charina, Eryx, Gaimanophis, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura (syn. Paraepicrates), Pterygoboa, Tregophis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1825	Erycinae Bonaparte
1890	Erycidae Zittel p. 630
1928	Erycinae Perrier p. 3103
1946	Erycinae Kuhn p. 62
1959	Erycinae McGrew et al. p. 141
1966	Erycinae Kuhn p. 63
1984	Erycinae Rage p. 23
1987	Erycinae Szyndlar p. 56
1989	Erycinae Zerova p. 30
1995	Erycinae Parmley and Holman p. 80
1998	Erycinae Maddox and Wall p. 6
1999	Erycinae McDiarmid et al.
2002	Erycidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2006	Erycinae Scanlon p. 839
2010	Erycinae Parmley and Hunter p. 527
2012	Erycinae Longrich et al.
2016	Erycinae Cirilli et al. p. 22

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
suborder	Ophidia	(Latreille 1804)
—	Serpentes	(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorder	Alethinophidia
—	Macrostomata
superfamily	Booidea	Gray 1825
family	Boidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Erycinae	Bonaparte 1825
subfamily	Erycinae	Bonaparte 1825

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.

Subfm. Erycinae Bonaparte 1825 [sand boa]

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G. †Albaneryx Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

†Albaneryx depereti Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

†Albaneryx volynicus Zerova 1989

G. †Bransateryx Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

†Bransateryx vireti Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

G. †Cadurceryx Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

†Cadurceryx filholi Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

†Cadurceryx pearchi Holman et al. 2006

G. Charina Gray 1849

Charina bottae Blainville 1835 [northern rubber boa]

†Charina prebottae Brattstrom 1958

G. Eryx Daudin 1803 [true sand boa]

†Eryx linxiaensis Shi et al. 2023

†Eryx turcica Olivier 1801

G. †Gaimanophis Albino 1996

†Gaimanophis tenuis Albino 1996

G. †Geringophis Holman 1976

†Geringophis depressus Holman 1976

†Geringophis robustus Holman and Harrison 2001

†Geringophis vetus Holman 1982

†Geringophis yatkolae Holman 1977

†Geringophis yatkolai Holman 1977

G. Gongylophis Wagler 1830

G. †Huberophis Holman 1977

†Huberophis georgiensis Holman 1977

G. Lichanura Cope 1861

Invalid names: Paraepicrates Hecht 1959 [synonym]

G. †Pterygoboa Holman 1976

†Pterygoboa delawarensis Holman 1998

†Pterygoboa miocenica Holman 1976

G. †Tregophis Holman 1975

†Tregophis brevirachis Holman 1975

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Perrier 1928	Taille ne dépassant pas 1 mètre. Queue très courte, peu mobile, non préhensile. Tête sans cou distinct; écailles dorsales très petites; sous-caudales unisériées.