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Table 1.1
Summary of Proposed Taxonomic Reassignments for the Superfamily
Colubroidea and Other Medically Relevant Taxa
a,b
Superfamily Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae (including
Boiga
,
Dispholidus
,
Hierophis, Platyceps, Thelotornis
)*
Grayiinae
Calamarinae
Dipsadidae
Dipsadinae (including
Leptodeira
,
Sibynomorphus
)*
Heterodontinae (
Heterodon
)*
Xenodontinae (including
Alsophis
,
Boiruna
,
Clelia
,
Hydrodynastes
,
Phalotris
,
Philodryas
,
Tachymenis
)*
Natricidae (including
Natrix
,
Rhabdophis
,
Thamnophis
)*
Pseudoxenodontidae
Superfamily Elapoidea
Elapidae
Elapinae
Hydrophiinae
Lamprophiidae
Atractaspidinae*
Lamprophiinae
Psammophiinae* (including
Malpolon
)
Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Superfamily Homalopsoidea
Homalopsidae (including
Cerberus
,
Homalopsis
,
Enhydris
)*
Superfamily Viperoidea
Viperidae
Azemiopinae
Causinae
Crotalinae
Viperinae
a
Taxa discussed in the text are marked with an asterisk.
b
Further revision of the Colubroidea is underway and may modify the relationships shown here. For instance, Pyron
et al. (2011) supported the earlier definition of the Colubroidea, and thus recognized the subfamily status of a number of
clades. This includes the Natricinae, rather than the full family, Natricidae as assigned by Vidal et al. (2007), and Zaher
et al. (2009).
