Pseudoxyrhophiinae

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Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Giant Malagasy Hognose SnakeLeioheterodon madagascariensis
Giant Malagasy Hognose Snake
Leioheterodon madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Alethinophidia
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genera

About 20, see text

Pseudoxyrhophiinae is a subfamily of colubrid snakes.

It contains about 20 genera:

  • Alluaudina
  • Bibilava (recently split from Liopholidophis)
  • Brygophis
  • Compsophis
  • Ditypophis
  • Dromicodryas
  • Exallodontophis
  • Geodipsas
  • Heteroliodon
  • Ithycyphus
  • Langaha
  • Leioheterodon
  • Liophidium
  • Liopholidophis
  • Lycodryas
  • Madagascarophis
  • Micropisthodon
  • Pararhadinaea
  • Pseudoxyrhopus
  • Stenophis
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