Alethinophidia
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- Common names: (none).
The Alethinophidia is an infraorder of snakes that includes all snakes other than blind snakes and thread snakes. Currently, the following 15 families are recognized, which include 9 subfamilies and 316 genera:[1]
- Family: Acrochordidae - Bonaparte, 1831 -- Wart snakes
- Family: Aniliidae - Stejneger, 1907 -- False coral snakes
- Family: Anomochilidae - Cundall, Wallach and Rossman, 1993 -- Dwarf pipe snakes
- Family: Atractaspididae - Günther, 1858 -- African burrowing asps, stiletto snakes
- Family: Boidae - Gray, 1825 -- boas
- Family: Bolyeriidae - Hoffstetter, 1946 -- Mauritius snakes
- Family: Colubridae - Oppel, 1811 -- Colubrids, typical snakes
- Subfamily: Homalopsinae - Günther, 1864
- Subfamily: Natricinae - Bonaparte, 1838
- Subfamily: Xenodontinae - Cope, 1895
- Family: Cylindrophiidae - Fitzinger, 1843 -- Asian pipe snakes
- Family: Elapidae - F. Boie, 1827 -- Cobras, coral snakes, mambas, sea snakes
- Family: Loxocemidae - Cope, 1861 -- Mexican pythons
- Family: Pythonidae - Fitzinger, 1826 -- Pythons
- Family: Tropidophiidae - Brongersma, 1951 -- Dwarf boas
- Family: Uropeltidae - Müller, 1832 -- Pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes
- Family: Viperidae - Oppel, 1811 -- Vipers, pitvipers
- Subfamily: Azemiopinae - Liem, Marx and Rabb, 1971 -- Fae's viper
- Subfamily: Causinae - Cope, 1859 -- Night adders
- Subfamily: Crotalinae - Oppel, 1811 -- Pitvipers, rattlesnakes
- Subfamily: Viperinae - Oppel, 1811 -- Pitless vipers, true vipers
- Family: Xenopeltidae - Bonaparte, 1845 -- Sunbeam snakes
[edit] See also
- Infraorder Scolecophidia - Blind snakes, thread snakes.
- List of snakes - Overview of all snake genera.
[edit] Cited references
- ^ Alethinophidia (TSN 634390). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 August 2007.
[edit] External links
- Alethinophidia at Palaeos. Accessed 14 August 2007.
