Xylophiinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus (1): Xylophis

Name

Xylophiinae Deepak, Ruane & Gower, 2018: 2926.

• Type genus: Xylophis Beddome, 1878, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Deepak, V., Ruane, S. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History 52(45-46): 2919–2934. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beddome, R.H. 1878. Descriptions of a new genus of snakes of the Family Calamaridae, from southern India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 46(1): 576. BHL Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Wood Snakes