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Xenodermidae  Cope, 1900
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081285

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Xenodermatidae
 
    Xenoderminae Cope, 1900
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyXenodermidae Cope, 1900  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Achalinus Peters, 1869  
                                     Genus Fimbrios M. A. Smith, 1921  
                                     Genus Parafimbrios Teynié, David, Lottier, Le, Vidal and T. Q. Nguyen, 2015  
                                     Genus Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870  
                                     Genus Xenodermus Reinhardt, 1836  
                                     Genus Xylophis Beddome, 1878  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Savage, Jay M.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: What are the Correct Family Names for the Taxa that include the Snake Genera Xenodermus, Pareas, and Calamaria   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Review, vol. 46, no. 4   
  Page(s): 664-665   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-084X   
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  Reference for: Xenodermidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Genus name Xenodermus is masculine, and so the family name based on it is correctly spelled 'Xenodermidae'; see Savage (2015:664)  
 

 

    

 
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