Genus Eryx
(Old World sand boas)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Family Boidae (boas and pythons)
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  Genus Eryx (Old World sand boas)
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  Species Eryx elegans
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  Species Eryx jaculus
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  Species Eryx jayakari
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  Species Eryx johnii
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  Species Eryx miliaris
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  Species Eryx somalicus
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  Species Eryx tataricus
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  Species Eryx whitakeri