Psammophiidae
Sign in to savePsammophiidae 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.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyPsammophiidae
Observations recorded74,573
via GBIF
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Genera
- References
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.
==Genera== It contains 8 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Psammophiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0