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Taxon: Suborder Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 - snakes (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Ophidia ([unranked]) Brongniart, 1800 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 8.8 (p. 245). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Autarchoglossa ([unranked]) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 8.8. [alternative position]
Scleroglossa (Clade) Estes et al. 1988 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 8.8. [alternative position]
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.
Toxicofera ([unranked]) Vidal & Hedges, 2005 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 8.8 (p. 245).

Historical positions

Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.
Scleroglossa (Clade) Estes et al. 1988 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 8.8. [alternative position]
Autarchoglossa ([unranked]) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 8.8. [alternative position]
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: 1998
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: 1995
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 618.
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: App. 1 (p. 623).
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: 2, 46.
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 963.
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: O. Rieppel, 1979: 148.
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Squamata (Order) Oppel, 1811 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 29f;524g;3618s;257ss;1; ‡1g;2s; †6f;9g;6s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 25 Feb 2017 [29f;524g;3618s; †6f]
[1995-]2000 P. Uetz 2,953s
1988 R.L. Carroll: 618 [12f; †5f]
1982 W.E. Duellman: 963 3Sf;14f;418g;2267s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. ~2,500s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024