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Xenophidiidae  Wallach and Günther, 1998
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1116017

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Common Name(s): Spine-jawed Snakes [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 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  
                                  FamilyXenophidiidae Wallach and Günther, 1998 – Spine-jawed Snakes  
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                                     GenusXenophidion Günther and Manthey, 1995  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wallach, Van, and Rainer Günther   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Visceral anatomy of the Malaysian snake genus Xenophidion, including a cladistic analysis and allocation to a new family (Serpentes: Xenophidiidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibia-Reptilia, vol. 19, no. 4   
  Page(s): 385-404   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1568-5381   
  Notes: doi: 10.1163/156853898X00052   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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