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Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Giant Malagasy hognose snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Superfamily:	Elapoidea
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae Dowling [de], 1975
Genera
About 22, see text

The Pseudoxyrhophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.

It contains about 22 genera in two subfamilies:

• Amplorhininae Meirte, 1992
  • Amplorhinus A. Smith, 1847
  • Ditypophis Günther, 1881
  • Duberria Fitzinger, 1826
• Pseudoxyrhophiinae Dowling, 1975
  • Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894
  • Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1989
  • Compsophis Mocquard, 1894
  • Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893
  • Elapotinus Jan, 1862
  • Heteroliodon Boettger, 1913
  • Ithycyphus Günther, 1873
  • Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790
  • Leioheterodon Boulenger, 1893
  • Liophidium Boulenger, 1896
  • Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904
  • Lycodryas Günther, 1879
  • Madagascarophis Mertens, 1952
  • Micropisthodon Mocquard, 1894
  • Pararhadinaea Boettger, 1898
  • Parastenophis Domergue, 1995
  • Phisalixella Domergue, 1995
  • Pseudoxyrhopus Günther, 1881
  • Thamnosophis Jan, 1863

References

1. Cadle JE (2003). "Colubridae, Snakes in The Natural History of Madagascar". In Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds.). The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 997–1004. ISBN 978-0226303079.
2. Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.
3. Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ (April 2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
4. "Pseudoxyrhophiidae". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

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