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Taxon: Genus Eryx Daudin, 1803 (reptile)
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Authorship

Original name:  Daudin, 1803. Mag. Encyclop., An 8, 5 (20), 437.

Eponymous persons

Eryx: ["Ἔρυξ"] Greek mythology: king of the mountain city Eryx in Sicily, who was defeated by Heracles in a boxing match.

Types

Type of: Erycidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2014: 255.
Type of: Erycinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831
Type: Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.

Synonyms

Including: Cusoria (Genus) Gray, 1849 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2014: table 1 (p. 253). [inferred]
Including: Gongylophis (Genus) Wagler, 1830 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2014: table 1 (p. 253). [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zandboa's
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