Serpentes

From Palaeos

<==Serpentes
   |  i. s.: Elaphe
   |           |--E. flavolineata
   |           |--E. guttata
   |           |--E. longissima
   |           |--E. situla
   |           `--E. taeniura
   |         Dendrelaphis
   |           |--D. caudolineatus
   |           `--D. pictus
   |         Dinodon
   |           |--D. semicarinatum
   |           `--D. septentrionalis
   |                |--D. s. septentrionalis
   |                |--D. s. multifasciatus Maki 1931
   |                `--D. s. ruhstrati
   |         Lampropeltis
   |           |--L. mexicana
   |           `--L. polyzona
   |         Macropisthodon rudis
   |         Oligodon octolineatus
   |         Storeria
   |           |--S. dekayi
   |           `--S. occipitomaculata
   |         Coniophis
   |         Dinilysia patagonica Woodward 1901
   |         Trimeresurus jerdonii
   |         Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Okada & Takara 1958)
   |         Calliophis
   |           |--C. japonicus Günther 1868
   |           `--C. macclellandii
   |                |--C. m. macclellandii
   |                `--C. m. iwasakii Maki 1935
   |         Opheodrys herminae (Boettger 1895)
   |         Elapomorphus
   |           |--E. mertensi Hoge 1955
   |           `--E. tricolor
   |         Crotalus vergrandis
   |--Scolecophidia
   |    |--Leptotyphlops [Leptotyphlopidae]
   |    |    `--L. columbi
   |    `--+--Liotyphlops [Anomalepididae]
   |       |    `--L. albirostris
   |       `--Typhlopidae
   |            |--Ramphotyphlops braminus
   |            `--Typhlops
   |                 |--T. brongersmianus
   |                 |--T. jamaicensis
   |                 |--T. lumbricalis
   |                 |--T. minuisquamus
   |                 |--T. reticulatus
   |                 `--T. syntherus
   `--Alethinophidia [Anilioidea]
        |--+--Tropidophiidae
        |  `--Anilius [Aniliidae]
        |       `--A. scytale
        |            |--A. s. scytale
        |            `--A. s. phelpsorum
        `--+--Macrostomata
           |    |--Henophidia
           |    `--Caenophidia
           |         |--Colubroidea
           |         `--Acrochordus [Acrochordidae]
           |              `--A. granulatus
           `--+--Anomochilus [Anomochilidae]
              |--Cylindrophis [Cylindrophiidae]
              |    `--C. ruffus (Laurenti 1768)
              `--Uropeltidae
                   |--Rhinophis drummondhayi
                   `--Uropeltis
                        |--U. melanogaster
                        `--U. phillipsi

* Type species of genus indicated

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