Clade Caenophidia Hoffstetter 1939 (snake)
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1939. Contribution a l’étude des Elapidae actuels et fossiles et de l’ostéologie des ophidians. Archieves de la Muséum d'Historie Naturelle de Lyon 15:1-78
Parent taxon: Alethinophidia according to J. C. Fernicola and A. Albino 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Greene 1997, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Scanlon 2002, Vidal and Hedges 2002 and Wilcox et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Acrochordoidea, Afrotortrix, Aniliidae, Anilioidea, Cerberophis, Colombophis, Colubroidea, Cylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Itaboraiophis, Macrostomata, Paulacoutophis, Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Simoliopheoidea, Tuscahomaophis
Subtaxa: Acrochordidae Russellophiidae
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