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Stilosoma (short-tailed snake)

Osteichthyes - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Stilosoma was named by Brown (1890). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Behler and King (1979), Rage (1984), Carroll (1988); and to Colubrinae by Uetz (2005).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Stilosoma Brown
1979Stilosoma Behler and King
1984Stilosoma Rage p. 51
1988Stilosoma Carroll
2005Stilosoma Uetz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusStilosomaBrown 1890

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Stilosoma Brown 1890 [short-tailed snake]
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Stilosoma vetustum Auffenberg 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available