Pseudoxyrhophiidae | |
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Giant Malagasy hognose snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfamily: | Elapoidea |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae Dowling , 1975 |
Genera | |
About 22, see text |
The Pseudoxyrhophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar.[1] They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.[2]
It contains about 22 genera in two subfamilies:[3][4]
- Amplorhininae Meirte, 1992
- Amplorhinus A. Smith, 1847
- Ditypophis Günther, 1881
- Duberria Fitzinger, 1826
- Pseudoxyrhophiinae Dowling, 1975
- Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894
- Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1989
- Compsophis Mocquard, 1894
- Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893
- Elapotinus Jan, 1862
- Heteroliodon Boettger, 1913
- Ithycyphus Günther, 1873
- Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790
- Leioheterodon Boulenger, 1893
- Liophidium Boulenger, 1896
- Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904
- Lycodryas Günther, 1879
- Madagascarophis Mertens, 1952
- Micropisthodon Mocquard, 1894
- Pararhadinaea Boettger, 1898
- Parastenophis Domergue, 1995
- Phisalixella Domergue, 1995
- Pseudoxyrhopus Günther, 1881
- Thamnosophis Jan, 1863
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- ^ Cadle JE (2003). "Colubridae, Snakes in The Natural History of Madagascar". In Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds.). The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 997–1004. ISBN 978-0226303079.
- ^ Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.
- ^ Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ (April 2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
- ^ "Pseudoxyrhophiidae". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
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