Colubroidea
Colubroidea is a superfamily of snakes in the clade Colubroides that include Colubridae and a few other related families. In addition to colubrids, the past Colubroidea used various other caenophidian snakes like cobras and vipers as these snakes form a clade. However these same studies also found in support of dividing the family Colubridae into several distinct, but related, families.[1][2][3][4] Zaher et al. (2009) proposed to redefine Colubroidea for colubrids and related families, while naming Colubroides for the group containing vipers, cobras as well as colubroids.[1]
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| Eastern ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Clade: | Colubroides |
| Superfamily: | Colubroidea Oppel, 1811 |
| Families | |
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Below are the families and subfamilies that are found in Colubroidea sensu stricto:[1][2][3][4]
- Family: Sibynophiidae Dunn, 1928
- Family: Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838
- Family: Pseudoxenodontidae McDowell, 1987
- Family: Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838
- Subfamily: Carphophiinae Zaher et al., 2009[1]
- Subfamily: Xenodontinae Dunn, 1928
- Subfamily: Dipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838
- Family: Colubridae Oppel, 1811
- Subfamily: Grayiinae Günther, 1858
- Subfamily: Calamariinae Bonaparte, 1838
- Subfamily: Ahaetullinae Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016
- Subfamily: Colubrinae Oppel, 1811
Below is the phylogeny of the group:[1][2][3][4]
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References
- Zaher, H.; Grazziotin, F. G.; Cadle, J. E.; Murphy, R. M.; Cesar de Moura-Leite, J.; Bonatto, S. L. (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 49 (11): 115–153. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001.
- Grazziotin, F. G.; Zaher, H.; Murphy, R. W.; Srocchi, G.; Benavides, M. A.; Zhang, Y.; Bonatto, S. L. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the new world Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal". Cladistics. 28 (5): 437–459. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x.
- Pyron; Burbrink; Wiens (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
- Figueroa, A.; McKelvy, A. D.; Grismer, L. L.; Bell, C. D.; Lailvaux, S. P. (2016). "A species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with description of a new colubrid subfamily and genus". PLOS ONE. 11 (9): e0161070. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1161070F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161070. PMC 5014348. PMID 27603205.
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