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Taxon: Superfamily Booidea Gray, 1825 (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Squamata

Subsequent entries

Candoiidae (Family) Pyron, Reynolds & Burbrink, 2014 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2014: 255, table 1 (p. 252).

Current position

Afrophidia ([unranked]) Vidal, Delmas & Hedges, 2007 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2014: table 1 (p. 251). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Alethinophidia (Infraorder) Nopcsa, 1923 Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 963. [alternative position]
Henophidia (Infraorder) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 618).
Henophidia ([unranked]) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: V. Wallach et al., 2014: table I.2 (p. xi). [inferred rank]
Henophidia (Parvorder) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: O. Rieppel, 1979: 148.
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 963.

Historical positions

Henophidia ([unranked]) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: V. Wallach et al., 2014: table I.2 (p. xi).
Henophidia (Infraorder) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 618).
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 963.
Henophidia (Parvorder) Hoffstetter, 1939 Ref: O. Rieppel, 1979: 148, fig. 5.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6f;14g;62s;14ss; †3g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Jul 2017 [6f;14g;62s]
2014 V. Wallach et al.: table I.2 (p. xi) [4f]
2014 R.A. Pyron et al.: table 1 (p. 253) [6f;14g;58s]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 618 [2f; †2f]
1982 W.E. Duellman: 963 7f;37g;135s
1979 O. Rieppel: 148 [1f]
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