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<taxonomicName id="35E2E4CEC38BD11D98FCB9733F19C800" authority="Daudin, 1803" authorityName="Daudin" authorityYear="1803" family="Erycidae" genus="Eryx" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="genus">Eryx Daudin, 1803</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="59C795B331F359F7197AAA36A497CBB0" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="D5875B1817835719F561BBB5E003C97C" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="9A3D08EE2463FBD9CA5D80D06172896F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
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(Linnaeus, 1758) (ISEZ R/370; MGPT-MDHC 172; SMF
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24; SMF
<collectingCountry id="32F0D605B23F7CD860B40699915C1DA5" name="Philippines">PH</collectingCountry>
203 [juvenile]; SMF
<collectingCountry id="D9E2BAA133A99C2DB34D469A26E157ED" name="Philippines">PH</collectingCountry>
204 [juvenile]; UF Herp 151340 [Morphosource.org: Media 000476408, ark:/87602/m4/476408]; UMMZ 190384; UMMZ 190339; ZFMK 50246);
<taxonomicName id="F6D555BA98854FB06C3C9521463E7084" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="3E4F02100250059B3069C79A045A4EAA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
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(Schneider, 1801) (ISEZ R/360; NHMUK 1930.5.8.13; NHMUK 1964.1224; MNHN-ZA-AC-1907.0319; SMF
<collectingCountry id="F75BA961CE4902F72501C31E3EFFBA51" name="Philippines">PH</collectingCountry>
18; UMMZ 18380; UMMZ 190949; UMMZ 128037);
<taxonomicName id="0443A6B624965D8227447C518F74A128" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1849" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx elegans" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="4005B8C7D364B99F62B82604504BEDEC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx elegans</emphasis>
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(Gray, 1849) (AMNH R143761 [formerly SIZNASU Oph. 1650/4151]);
<taxonomicName id="3034C51EFA5CCA878B5CE5C774A630CC" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="5E08FA30206EAF99E251EDE436E7DB69" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
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(Linnaeus, 1758) (ISEZ R/15; ISEZ R/250; ISEZ R/264 [juvenile]; ISEZ R/321; NHMW 21520; NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526);
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<emphasis id="791EF3601C0C153C81C75D34F71F4528" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jayakari</emphasis>
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Boulenger, 1888 (NHMUK 1909.10.15.8);
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<emphasis id="DE36B3A864CAAF4A05DFC273A6E9D334" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
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(Russell, 1802) (ISEZ R/330; NHMUK 1930.5.8.26; NHMUK 1930.5.8.27; NHMUK 1930.5.8.28; NHMUK 1930.5.8.30; MNHN-AC-1912.0418; MNHN-ZA-AC-1872.0059; SMF
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20);
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<emphasis id="5D70F7D7DC36CBA5633B7A07220168CD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
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(Pallas, 1773) (SIZNASU uncat.; Tokar Coll. 1117; Tokar Coll. 1119; UMMZ 190697);
<taxonomicName id="B16434666EEC11F7767C232177577088" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx muelleri" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="muelleri">
<emphasis id="AE29BE7A12FFA4641904449EDD9E669B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx muelleri</emphasis>
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(Boulenger, 1892) (CAS Herp 136230);
<taxonomicName id="A23DA714FD5224FB6C74BCFD492867A6" authorityName="Scortecci" authorityYear="1939" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx somalicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="somalicus">
<emphasis id="A003251DCA0CB3E328967692212EEDE0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx somalicus</emphasis>
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Scortecci, 1939 (MSNS 5250);
<taxonomicName id="50A90CF5E076882DB664750ACAD3ACEE" authorityName="Tzarevsky" authorityYear="1915" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx tataricus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="tataricus">
<emphasis id="98F10E91089979D62A25804C240CA4AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx tataricus</emphasis>
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(Lichtenstein in Eversmann, 1823) (ISEZ R/482; SIZNASU uncat.; Tokar Coll. 1116).
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<paragraph id="0FFA87A09BFC1AE47C414550FFBE7B89" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Description (Figs 103-108).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CE36D499CB156627A71A1CFFB6A04CD6" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="B03D578ABE7CB4B81FE79CF8DA579FB3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="369D340B3055F8089D590A38EA3CF128" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Trunk vertebrae</emphasis>
.
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Centrum wider than long; cotyle and condyle orbicular; neural arch depressed; posterior median notch of the neural arch deep; neural spine low or of medium height (the tallest neural spine is found in
<taxonomicName id="2D336BDA22268EA76193B686387CF8D6" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="31F1B9EBDF5FB961B86373298669A384" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
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, according to
<bibRefCitation id="4307EF6E244A851EAE6A6CE18269C542" author="Underwood, G" editor="Bellairs, Ad'A" journalOrPublisher="Academic Press, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="151 - 175" refId="B635" refString="Underwood, G, 1976. A systematic analysis of boid snakes. In: Bellairs, Ad'A, Cox, CB, Eds., Morphology and Biology of Reptiles, Linnean Society Symposium Series 3. Academic Press, London: 151 - 175" title="A systematic analysis of boid snakes." volumeTitle="Morphology and Biology of Reptiles, Linnean Society Symposium Series 3." year="1976">Underwood [1976]</bibRefCitation>
); prezygapophyses much dorsally inclined in anterior view, with prezygapophyseal articular facets situated above the base of the neural canal; prezygapophyseal accessory processes short except for
<taxonomicName id="2D7032213F3E62CA93A822E195B174C3" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1888" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jayakari" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jayakari">
<emphasis id="3E78D3B57117116C2DF9EDB05D2E40D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jayakari</emphasis>
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in which they are long; hypapophyses disappearing usually at the level of ca. 50th vertebra; haemal keel in
<taxonomicName id="0C5BF333F36544FB7F530DA6B2BD119B" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="C3AB80661F2B1DC013A4EE2C06BD2A37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="9B2FC5013BBB1C7B62F3CE0140655209" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="02597EBB32E5800C80CEDCB19FFCB010" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
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broad and well developed, in other species weakly developed or absent; paracotylar foramina absent.
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<paragraph id="A67FE4CFA0A575618BBD51E07AC8FDF1" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="50C1840D4EA5A363551D9F6E545EF08B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 103.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D37BF86574BDF3021EBDB136D3F2E64F" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="FEC009CD39DE3474601182515D4EBD5C" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="054F71EEC5A947659E93A2DC11DF4E6C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
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(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), trunk vertebrae.
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<paragraph id="CC003868CA150B378772C75DA0F67A3D" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="F7476E70892545DCB594D2ABAB68BF0E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 104.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="ADA12A37405A7B749B166AFE17720E74" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="5EB7452D0AD2B00BD5720CB860FAEDCB" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="58400A401F2075D5EE3CC1AFAD14F2DF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
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(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), posteriormost trunk, cloacal, and anteriormost caudal vertebrae.
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<caption id="1FB016015639DFE67A9E253E7EA8CCF6" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101372.figure105" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/912995" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" start="Figure 105" startId="F105">
<paragraph id="E8EF5842E0BA153D1833AC5FC0464206" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="7DD26A92E8F45A4E5C9F0D20B06FA472" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 105.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="76F19287EF5D8CF949EB1E01422527A1" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="53407465E2B5C80E4F4EA201224DAD53" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="312B3A2BFF81915B3486ED94AFB58804" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
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(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), anterior caudal vertebrae.
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<caption id="75BAE7206DBA652588CC6BBB9CD58FD1" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101372.figure106" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/912996" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" start="Figure 106" startId="F106">
<paragraph id="8ABBCDBF77883FC89C0787595B3E8435" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="2ACE0BFCBAFC17489EEFAC4788DA2485" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 106.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B934D9BE062F13C21A786036E4125AB8" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
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<emphasis id="B82D36A8D2EBAC9221AAA2074255B409" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
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(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), caudal vertebrae. Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="93D2EC00FD799725FDFEA77E6D312FC9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">aepl</emphasis>
anterior extension of pleurapophysis;
<emphasis id="8641CB92423D4698255BDCBC84A79D26" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">pepl</emphasis>
posterior extension of pleurapophysis;
<emphasis id="86FB7B9998373E799C11A3C169E3446D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">pepr</emphasis>
posterior extension of prezygapophysis;
<emphasis id="C4EC03E5D2907EA261816DF79D03654E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">pow</emphasis>
postzygapophyseal wing;
<emphasis id="0CB6F0119B70D90B308FFE73001B0B42" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">pt</emphasis>
pterapophysis.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="56F781DFE3C50F6C69C378BD56D8ABBD" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101372.figure107" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/912997" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" start="Figure 107" startId="F107">
<paragraph id="7D33E1756CE781544E0EAAD26D12B373" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="92ED1357607D4057B4C2967051AAD4EE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 107.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A3465F6C935C50653AFE56DC5B4AC6BE" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="1A2FB3DBFA47E67A15793DCC3737A760" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="3202483513388813A3AFD6F15282334B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), posterior caudal vertebrae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="0A036A30CC6281B6F852CFA4FF5D46FC" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101372.figure108" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/912998" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" start="Figure 108" startId="F108">
<paragraph id="BB687C60674062FC947C5E78AD20AB60" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="9D30AA005A3318219434B249A1592082" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 108.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="589CCB1A84C1FE5A0543201B6D60AF02" class="Reptilia" family="Erycidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Erycidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="A318B067D8FE87A467FAD44A65575911" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="F25C4477FE6BDE62F5D2E942E77E1A01" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526), whole caudal series.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="AA19E3B68B827ED20B3A394D7CA4900A" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="49DADEF54FAE9F00A8ED007C114D7893" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="D69ACE07E62683F150633951D71F0BEF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Trunk</emphasis>
/
<emphasis id="EE6EB44CA0B8E7755DB91D0E11987258" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">caudal transition</emphasis>
</emphasis>
. Last trunk and anterior cloacal vertebrae provided either with hypapophysis (
<taxonomicName id="6DD477D442353BA1FC690633667B1032" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="A24F6E5D4FA726AA9877D862E47BD07C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or either with no distinct subcentral structures. Haemapophyses appear on the 1st to 5th caudal vertebrae. Posterior caudal vertebrae display highly complex morphology: they are provided with additional apophyses unknown in other snakes, serving for articulation. The most complex morphology is observed in
<taxonomicName id="21FD2460279B0150189B42AEEC0AA05A" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="A696EBC3CA0D77339B0B9AB92B4E89FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the simplest (in fact, extremely simple as for
<taxonomicName id="FC7387EA32981FC90FB55DFC673BE56B" authorityName="Daudin" authorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8A4E88AA147E1CA5A5F2DACC16FD62E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
standards) is in
<taxonomicName id="42EC44C28FAC0C8316933CF0FEF98A9E" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1849" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx elegans" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="7F04F5A61216921B113A7F3ADB910608" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In
<taxonomicName id="EF44892CC48E54E506A6EBFE293FEC41" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="B231678EE4438617BFA55EE132DD4167" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, zygosphenes and zygantra are absent from the posterior caudal vertebrae. A detailed description of the caudal osteology of
<taxonomicName id="4BD227F9FABEFCCD7B1CCEF22C5081DA" authorityName="Daudin" authorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0ACB54175FE6A7A018E10865D70FB346" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will be presented elsewhere.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="733555BDA57793AF6B7A4432FE7E482F" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="EF601A0DD68A328666BA4509AECA0B48" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="140544AD03CD757B5010378FD62B48F4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Number of vertebrae</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="977DECF595B040F5B4D7CB10E39ABE89" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="8FC739053B9039EB6E20602144530FC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UF Herp 151340): 213 (185+3+25, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="8D2786956D99834977EA1AB4719FBAA3" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="37377C995473260EA413DC58AE84102E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SMF PH 24): 212 (178+3+31);
<taxonomicName id="18F2270BC42DE7D66A1CF8E263A0ABB7" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="6FDA547CE05D5A04E542EA0D4904DFCB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ZFMK 50246): 206+ (184+4+18+ [posteriormost caudal vertebrae missing]);
<taxonomicName id="1574D4E0FB7D6083DA0C4A3C03FAC7E4" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="08E63AE308AF8913847719ABD63C9624" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UMMZ 190339): 204 (174+3+27, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="6EE449B86A87F1C35DFB9161D9CD8525" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="8D097E04EB4803039DCAB1784C811047" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MGPT-MDHC 172): 202 (171+3+28, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="CBE04C567C12B169FF39A7129B76733F" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="03EEA3DC602432AC26D14B7B1B51867A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ISEZ R/370): 195 (170+4+21, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="633A339D42879679628C2B53E60EF6B3" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="40CAD6F193F1CD8C5BC30C5E958BE2EA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UMMZ 190949): 204 (176+3+25, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="7EC2129200CE99F96D9A2F8B39DA64B5" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="3DE4DC12F7AC345709A6F34F00A95961" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UMMZ 128037): 198 (171+4+23, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="2B0F0D612822A8C6E95499A9BBCF0015" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="052011180538848A3579C2E0C8FABFF5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SMF PH 18): 191 (169+4+18 [plus a final fusion]);
<taxonomicName id="944B57584AF1E661A160C0443C06573C" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="A58BF4AD58FEDAFDA05D02EF5ADC28BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1930.5.8.13): 20 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (trunk and cloacal vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="8FF859F284B3C0C68082BFBD01398313" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1849" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx elegans" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="B5E0B70AA0804772A8BF9B8020F83C76" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH R143761): 207 (177+3+27, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="D3C184D1D6C5553D2A080863D93AC6FD" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="E41653B8DDF7F12D088088A52778D651" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1920.1.20.1526): 193 (160+4+29, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="593E46C4FA41A6289032A594EE7211C7" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="11EAB45780ECEC81F0262760E4476087" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ISEZ R/15):?3 cloacal vertebrae plus 25 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (trunk vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="6EC3AFCB26DC21DC079CBDDCE254DF97" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1888" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jayakari" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jayakari">
<emphasis id="7E685C5AD3D24161FEFD9B81A442721D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jayakari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1909.10.15.8): 3 cloacal vertebrae plus 25+ caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (most trunk and some posteriormost caudal vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="F5253C134EBBFA6A57A9CC1DACDEFCE2" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="7C721DCD3EA0A2F99848CE891D7C2D8E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SMF PH 20): 246 (217+3+26, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="4A8747FE4F52CE7B47EE11ABC10DAA5C" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="36505717DE6C58391565878FA672E082" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ISEZ R/330): 240 (219+5+16, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="6225AD1F973A231A2A99C171F65DA1EA" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="FE3739B9F202D56954FE1C219244647D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMUK 1930.5.8.30): 4 cloacal vertebrae plus 34 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (number of trunk vertebrae unknown);
<taxonomicName id="891A0844C10C2E8AE3DE6415B73D7C93" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="ABD19A149B8386BD272C3A2331F5C092" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MNHN-ZA-AC-1872.0059): 3 cloacal vertebrae plus 21 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (number of trunk vertebrae unknown);
<taxonomicName id="582F286FA33F7417EE5EF514F48EF975" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="86CAC82676FA4BE516A64AB5FAA08C14" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UMMZ 190697): 198 (177+4+17, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="52A126E054F9B0E7DC9638EB5E18A5B5" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="3E5AF15285F8249F0EE9EE1050B19248" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(SIZNASU uncat.): 3 cloacal vertebrae plus 25 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (trunk vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="B1EBA811A7F499CFD741CC34600B6572" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="6DCB8B1DF02F8E4A5F6110707824371C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Tokar Coll. 1117): 2 cloacal vertebrae plus 25 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (trunk vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="DE95C5BB9750EA2198CB6BCA65705DB4" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="2E0946F2190B12789B9717ED29BC1CCF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Tokar Coll. 1119): 3 cloacal vertebrae plus 21 caudal vertebrae, including a final fusion (trunk vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="15F821D72B70438165B5F5E9DFACBF61" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx muelleri" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="muelleri">
<emphasis id="34280EE48A4B867ED854AB634D3D8AAD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx muelleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CAS Herp 136230): 210 (183+4+23, including a final fusion);
<taxonomicName id="BD0BA2A252D25EB681FFA45492F4F330" authorityName="Scortecci" authorityYear="1939" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx somalicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="somalicus">
<emphasis id="FCEE8B71339E7C0AC5D3925158A614BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx somalicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MSNS 5250): 3 cloacal vertebrae plus 18+ caudal vertebrae (number of trunk vertebrae unknown and posteriormost caudal vertebrae missing);
<taxonomicName id="E02C579C2FEE0D7DA397FF74A7C9A698" authorityName="Tzarevsky" authorityYear="1915" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx tataricus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="tataricus">
<emphasis id="855FB2427F3962AF26E62DBED46B046A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx tataricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ISEZ R/482): ~191 (~168+4+19+ [posteriormost caudal vertebrae missing]);
<taxonomicName id="5FEC078C5C098D57E1BE0A7B017139C3" authorityName="Tzarevsky" authorityYear="1915" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx tataricus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="tataricus">
<emphasis id="1045DDEEBB75DA7E25200A1884B1024C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx tataricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Tokar Coll. 1116): 28+ caudal vertebrae (trunk, cloacal, and posteriormost caudal vertebrae missing).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="78BDEEBA5966B79202010A16B78480C3" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
Data from literature and unpublished data from personal communications:
<taxonomicName id="121C3FD977DCCDB9435748461DE64CC0" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx colubrinus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="4AD5E7809F15AB61A172288459720E81" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx colubrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 187-190 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 28-29 caudal vertebrae (
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);
<taxonomicName id="8793E30331A2136D9B4E160C0A003B8F" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx conicus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="conicus">
<emphasis id="ADA35EA854E4B49440F764AC6020D16C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx conicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 190 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 18+ caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="085A2FD95E9B80C6A8FA60892C214AC8" author="Alexander, AA" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="171 - 190" refId="B10" refString="Alexander, AA, Gans, C, 1966. The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians. Zoologische Mededelingen 31: 171 - 190" title="The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians." volume="31" year="1966">Alexander and Gans 1966</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="90AEC3E55FE3AB3F7ADD0A02F7412748" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="CC3CB30F5FD7826A516C1F3D83C9618B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 174-185 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 19 caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="7BA68BE23613EB4B4C2ECE8AF979B561" author="Alexander, AA" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="171 - 190" refId="B10" refString="Alexander, AA, Gans, C, 1966. The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians. Zoologische Mededelingen 31: 171 - 190" title="The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians." volume="31" year="1966">Alexander and Gans 1966</bibRefCitation>
);
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<emphasis id="05AF103FCD2FAC72D0908676D0F7B286" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 175-185 trunk vertebrae plus 27-33 cloacal and caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="636768F1A7A727295A015566981729D2" author="Nopcsa, F" journalOrPublisher="Palaeontographica" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="99 - 154" refId="B402" refString="Nopcsa, F, 1923. Eidolosaurus und Pachyophis. Zwei neue Neocom-Reptilien. Palaeontographica 65: 99 - 154" title="Eidolosaurus und Pachyophis. Zwei neue Neocom-Reptilien." volume="65" year="1923">Nopcsa 1923</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="05B5E53D3DC5DB3F39059C354B2AAAC3" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="D4123563D65CE86BEE992B8C0BA94D7C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 193 trunk vertebrae plus 9 cloacal vertebrae (apparently erroneous) plus 20 caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="FFD21E82E87355B66A81BAFFE1D464F4" author="Rochebrune, AT de" journalOrPublisher="Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie normales et pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="185 - 229" refId="B510" refString="Rochebrune, AT de, 1881. Memoire sur les vertebres des Ophidiens. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie normales et pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux 17: 185 - 229" title="Memoire sur les vertebres des Ophidiens." volume="17" year="1881">Rochebrune 1881</bibRefCitation>
):
<taxonomicName id="F75470ABF70B9FECED90B387DAFA7DD4" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx jaculus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="DB81F7DC9F226C63901902F1D5967007" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx jaculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 210 vertebrae in total (NHMC80.3.114.20; Petros Lymberakis, personal communication to GLG);
<taxonomicName id="BDD3F9CBCC09DFB3A6CC90528FF1E246" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="EC89049A3F7B43A597FDF8336FED2C1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 208 trunk vertebrae plus 3 cloacal vertebrae plus unknown number of caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="4B2C617DA13EBF01E39777619670DCFC" author="Gasc, JP" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (Serie A)" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="1 - 182" refId="B190" refString="Gasc, JP, 1974. L'interpretation fonctionelle de l'appareil musculo-squelettique de l'axe vertebral chez les Serpents (Reptilia). Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (Serie A) 83: 1 - 182" title="L'interpretation fonctionelle de l'appareil musculo-squelettique de l'axe vertebral chez les Serpents (Reptilia)." volume="83" year="1974">Gasc 1974</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="47889BD6EE7262C57BD7213F39176079" baseAuthorityName="Russell" baseAuthorityYear="1801" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx johnii" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="johnii">
<emphasis id="E3C4F69C33A6155C65F9E29ADAB12F1C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx johnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 4 cloacal vertebrae and 31 caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="7D32750F72AF25EAAB4225608173C35D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051150" author="Sood, MS" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="390 - 394" refId="B580" refString="Sood, MS, 1941. The caudal vertebrae of Eryx johnii (Russell). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 14: 390 - 394, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051150" title="The caudal vertebrae of Eryx johnii (Russell)." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051150" volume="14" year="1941">Sood 1941</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="61B257D78CDD65C4117243ACA3E268EE" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx miliaris" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="miliaris">
<emphasis id="0197122594832C1E47172A2C24CBB843" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx miliaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 210 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 26 caudal vertebrae (IVPP OV 2728; Jingsong Shi, unpublished data, personal communication to GLG).
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<paragraph id="5372D1B5B9AE7946FE51FD420D91DE81" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
An interesting feature of
<taxonomicName id="53DE8040DF381EA8950E17D88B8C9B56" authorityName="Daudin" authorityYear="1803" family="Charinaidae" genus="Eryx" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eryx" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FC1BB494D56F592880BBFD1D70CF2863" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Eryx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a very low variation in the total number of vertebrae within the genus.
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