Colubroidea
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The Colubroidea are a superfamily in the suborder Serpentes (snakes). It contains over 85% of all the extant species of snakes.[1] Their largest component is the family Colubridae, but it also includes at least six other families.[2] It has been found to be monophyletic.[1]
Families
- Atractaspididae[3] now generally downgraded to Atractaspidinae under the Lamprophiidae[2]
- Colubridae
- Dipsadidae, in some classifications placed under the Colubridae[4]
- Elapidae
- Homalopsidae
- Lamprophiidae (includes the Pseudoxyrhophiinae in most classifications)
- Natricidae, in some classifications placed under the Colubridae, in some classifications includes the Natricinae, Dipsadinae and Pseudoxenodontinae[5]
- Pareatidae
- Viperidae
- Xenodermatidae
Notes
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