Eryx

Eryx jaculus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Erycinae
Genus: Eryx
Species (14): E. borrii – E. colubrinus – E. conicus – E. elegans – E. jaculus – E. jayakari – E. johnii – E. miliaris – E. muelleri – E. sistanensis – E. somalicus – E. tataricus – E. vittatus – E. whitakeri

Name

Eryx Daudin, 1803: 251

• Type species: Eryx turcica Daudin, 1803 in error [=Boa turcica Olivier, 1801], by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 24).

Synonyms

• Gongylophis Wagler, 1830: 192
  • Type species: Boa conica Schneider, 1801, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Septième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 436 pp. + plates LXXXI–XCII. BHL Reference page. 
• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Noonan, B.P. & Chippindale, P.T. 2006. Dispersal and vicariance: The complex evolutionary history of boid snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(2): 347–358. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.010 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page. 
• Eskandarzadeh, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Zargan, J., Hajinourmohamadi, A., Nazarov, R.A., Sami, S., Rajabizadeh, M., Nabizadeh, H. & Navaian, M. 2020. A new species of Eryx (Serpentes: Erycidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4767(1): 182–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eryx . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 April 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Sand Boas