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  2. Caenophidia - Wikipedia

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    The Caenophidia are a derived clade of alethinophidian snakes, which contains over 80% of all the extant species of snakes. [1] The largest family is Colubridae, but it also includes at least seven other families, [1] at least four of which were once classified as "Colubridae" before molecular phylogenetics helped us understand their relationships.

  3. Acrochordoidea - Wikipedia

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    Acrochordoidea is a superfamily of snakes that contains only one extant family, the file snakes (Acrochordidae), as well as two extinct families, Nigerophiidae and Palaeophiidae. Members of this superfamily are largely aquatic in nature, with some species found in marine habitats, much as with the only distantly related sea snakes.

  4. Henophidia - Wikipedia

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    Henophidia is a former superfamily of the suborder Serpentes that contains boas, pythons and numerous other less-well-known snakes. [1]Snakes once considered to belong to superfamily Henophidia include two families now considered Amerophidia (Aniliidae – red pipe snakes, and Tropidophiidae – dwarf "boas" or thunder snakes), three families now considered Uropeltoidea (Cylindrophiidae ...

  5. Afrophidia - Wikipedia

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    Afrophidia is a clade of alethinophidian snakes comprising the groups Henophidia and Caenophidia, essentially making up the snakes people commonly associate with.

  6. Xenodontinae - Wikipedia

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    Xenodontinae is a subfamily of snakes in the family Colubridae. [2] [3] The subfamily Xenodontinae encompasses a number of rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous), mildly venomous snake genera found in South America and the Caribbean. Members of the subfamily Xenodontinae are by definition closer relatives to the genus Xenodon than they are to the genus ...

  7. Dryophylax hypoconia - Wikipedia

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    D. hypoconia is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.It is distributed around several regions in Suuth America. In Brazil, it can be found in Rio Grande do Sul, Goias, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro.

  8. Dryophylax phoenix - Wikipedia

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    D. phoenix is named after the Greek mythological bird, the Phoenix (φοῖνιξ phoinix; Latin: phoenix, fenix), which dies in flames and rises from ashes. It is referenced due to the loss of the original holotype of thiss species, in a fire that destroyed 90% of its herpetological collection.

  9. Squamata - Wikipedia

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    Squamata (/ s k w æ ˈ m eɪ t ə /, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.With over 12,162 species, [3] it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates, after the perciform fish.