Xenodontinae

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Xenodontinae
Eastern Hognose SnakeHeterodon platirhinos
Eastern Hognose Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Cope, 1859

Xenodontinae is a subfamily of the Colubridae family of snakes. It encompasses a number of genera, which includes animals such as mud snakes and New World hognose snakes.

[edit] Genera

  • Gomesophis
  • Helicops
  • Heterodon
  • Hydrodynastes
  • Hydrops
  • Hypsirhynchus
  • Ialtris
  • Liophis
  • Lystrophis
  • Manolepis
  • Oxyrhopus
  • Phalotris
  • Philodryas
  • Phimophis
  • Pseudablabes
  • Pseudoboa
  • Pseudoeryx
  • Psomophis
  • Rhachidelus
  • Saphenophis
  • Siphlophis
  • Tropidodryas
  • Umbrivaga
  • Uromacer
  • Uromacerina
  • Waglerophis
  • Xenodon
  • Xenoxybelis

Other genera are often placed here but may actually belong elsewhere:


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