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Scolecophidia  Cope, 1864
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634389

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Infraorder  
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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, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Family Anomalepididae Taylor, 1939 – Primitive Blind Snakes 
                                  Family Gerrhopilidae Vidal, Marin, Morini, Donnellan, Branch, Thomas et al., 2010  
                                  Family Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 – Slender Blind Snakes, Thread Snakes, Threadsnakes 
                                  Family Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 – Blind Snakes, Typical Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes 
                                  Family Xenotyphlopidae Vidal, Marin, Morini, Donnellan, Branch, Thomas et al., 2010  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2019), website (version 09-Jul-19)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Scolecophidia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
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  Reference for: Scolecophidia   
       

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