Psammophiidae
Family of snakes
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Psammophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.[1]
| Psammophiidae | |
|---|---|
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| Malpolon monspessulanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Superfamily: | Elapoidea |
| Family: | Psammophiidae Bourgeois, 1968 |
| Genera | |
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8, see text | |
Genera
- Dipsina Jan, 1862
- Hemirhagerrhis Boettger, 1893
- Kladirostratus Conradie, Keates & Edwards, 2019
- Malpolon Fitzinger, 1826
- Mimophis Günther, 1868
- Psammophis Fitzinger, 1826
- Psammophylax Fitzinger, 1843
- Rhamphiophis Peters, 1854
