Biology:Pseudoxyrhophiinae
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Short description: Subfamily of snakes
| Pseudoxyrhophiinae | |
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| Giant Malagasy hognose snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae Dowling, 1975 |
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About 22, see text | |
The Pseudoxyrhophiinae are a subfamily of lamprophiid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar .[1]
It contains about 22 genera:[2]
- Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894
- Amplorhinus A. Smith, 1847
- Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1989
- Compsophis Mocquard, 1894
- Ditypophis Günther, 1881
- Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893
- Duberria Fitzinger, 1826
- 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
References
- ↑ Cadle JE (2003). "Colubridae, Snakes in The Natural History of Madagascar". pp. 997–1004. In: Goodman SM, Benstead JP (editors) (2003). The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1,728 pp. ISBN:978-0226303079.
- ↑ Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (1): 1–53. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMID 23627680.
Wikidata ☰ Q1940265 entry
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