Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Dipsadidae Higher classification Alethinophidia Order Scaled reptiles | Suborder Serpentes Phylum Chordata Rank Family | |
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Subfamily Xenodontinae
Cope, 1895 Lower classifications Erythrolamprus, Liophis, Heterodon, Lystrophis, Mussurana | ||
Xenodontinae is a subfamily of the Colubridae family of snakes. It encompasses a number of rear-fanged, mildly venomous snake genera, which include species such as mud snakes and New World hognose snakes.
Genera
Other genera are often placed here but may actually belong elsewhere:
References
Xenodontinae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA