Pseudoxyrhophiidae

Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Giant Malagasy hognose snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Superfamily:	Elapoidea
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae Dowling  [ de ], 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

References

1. 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   978-0-226-30307-9.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Pseudoxyrhophiidae". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2022-07-21.