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Atractaspidinae  Günther, 1858
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081302

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Atractaspididae Günther, 1858
  
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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, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyLamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     SubfamilyAtractaspidinae Günther, 1858  
    Direct Children:  
                                        GenusAtractaspis A. Smith, 1849 – Stiletto Snakes 
                                        GenusHomoroselaps Jan, 1858  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Atractaspidinae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Figueroa, Alex, Alexander D. McKelvy, L. Lee Grismer, Charles D. Bell, and Simon P. Lailvaux   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE, vol. 11, no. 9   
  Page(s): 1-31   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070   
  Reference for: Atractaspidinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith, Hobart M., Rozella B. Smith, and H. Lewis Sawin   
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Summary of Snake Classification (Reptilia, Serpentes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Herpetology, vol. 11, no. 2   
  Page(s): 115-121   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-1511   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1563131   
  Reference for: Atractaspidinae   
       

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