Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Typhlopoidea (Superfamily) Merrem, 1820

Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 964.

Alternative positions

Scolecophidia (Infraorder) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: J. Coborn, 1994
Scolecophidia ([unranked]) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: A. Figueroa et al., 2016: fig. 1.
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: fig. 1. [implicit]
Serpentes ([unranked])	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: fig. 1.

Historical positions

Scolecophidia ([unranked]) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: A. Figueroa et al., 2016: table 1 (p. 4), fig. 1.
Scolecophidia ([unranked]) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: V. Wallach et al., 2014: table I.2 (p. xi).
Serpentes ([unranked])	Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 48, fig. 1.
Scolecophidia ([unranked]) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: N. Vidal et al., 2009: [390], fig. 2.
Scolecophidia ([unranked]) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009: 130.
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1998
Typhlopoidea (Superfamily) Merrem, 1820	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Scolecophidia (Infraorder) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 618.
Typhlopoidea (Superfamily) Merrem, 1820	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 964.
Scolecophidia (Infraorder) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: O. Rieppel, 1979: 148.
Serpentes (Suborder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Scolecophidia (Infraorder) Duméril & Bibron, 1844	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18g;267s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Feb 2017	[18g;267s]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[18g;267s]
2013	R.A. Pyron et al.: 48	[10g]
[1995-]2000	P. Uetz	225s
1982	W.E. Duellman: 964	2g;[147s]
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~150s