Pseudoxyrhophiidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pseudoxyrhophiidae
The Pseudoxyrhophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.
It contains about 22 genera in two subfamilies:
- 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
Pseudoxyrhophiidae in languages:
- English
- Madagascar Brook Snakes
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acrochordidae
- Aniliidae
- Anomalepididae
- Anomochilidae
- Atractaspididae
- Boidae
- Bolyeriidae
- Colubridae
- Cyclocoridae
- Cylindrophiidae
- Elapidae
- Gerrhopilidae
- Homalopsidae
- Lamprophiidae
- Leptotyphlopidae
- Loxocemidae
- Micrelapsidae
- Pareidae
- Prosymnidae
- Psammophiidae
- Pseudaspididae
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae
- Pythonidae
- Tropidophiidae
- Typhlopidae
- Uropeltidae
- Viperidae
- Xenodermidae
- Xenopeltidae
- Xenophidiidae
- Xenotyphlopidae