Henophidia
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Henophidia
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Henophidia is a superfamily of the suborder Serpentes (snakes) that contains boas, pythons and other snakes. Snakes belonging to superfamily Henophidia are considered to be more primitive than those belonging to the other superfamilies - namely, Typhlopoidea and Xenophidia.
Etymology
Henophidia comes from the Greek heno- meaning one[1] or former and ophidia meaning serpent,[2] so former/older snakes (in contrast to Caenophidia, i.e. recent snakes).
Families
- Aniliidae - coral pipe snakes and pipe snakes.
- Anomochilidae - dwarf pipe snakes.
- Boidae - boas (including sand boas)
- Bolyeriidae - Round Island boas.
- Cylindrophiidae - Asian pipe snakes.
- Loxocemidae - Mexican burrowing snake.
- Pythonidae - pythons
- Tropidophiidae - dwarf boas.
- Uropeltidae - shield-tailed snakes and short-tail snakes.
- Xenopeltidae - sunbeam snakes.
References
- ↑ heno- at wordinfo.info
- ↑ -ophidia at wordinfo.info
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