Family Uropeltidae (shieldtail snake)
Reptilia - Squamata - Uropeltidae
Parent taxon: Anilioidea according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Perrier 1928, Rage 1984 and Vidal and Hedges 2002
Sister taxon: Anilius
Subtaxa: Anomochilus Brachyophidium Cylindrophis Melanophidium Platyplecturus Plecturus Pseudotyphlops Rhinophis Uropeltis
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Uropeltidae in the database