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{{Short description|Family of snakes}}
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| image_caption = ''[[Malpolon monspessulanus]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Malpolon monspessulanus]]''
| taxon = Psammophiinae
| taxon = Psammophiidae
| authority = Bourgeois, 1968
| authority = Bourgeois, 1968
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'''Psammophiidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Elapoidea|elapoid]] [[Snake|snakes]]. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the [[Lamprophiidae]], but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, Montingelli GG, Quadros AB, Orlov NL, Wilkinson M, Zhang YP, Grazziotin FG | display-authors = 6 | title = Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | pages = e0216148 | date = 2019-05-10 | pmid = 31075128 | pmc = 6512042 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 | bibcode = 2019PLoSO..1416148Z | doi-access = free }}</ref>
'''Psammophiidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Elapoidea|elapoid]] [[snake]]s. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the [[Lamprophiidae]], but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, Montingelli GG, Quadros AB, Orlov NL, Wilkinson M, Zhang YP, Grazziotin FG | display-authors = 6 | title = Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | pages = e0216148 | date = 2019-05-10 | pmid = 31075128 | pmc = 6512042 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 | bibcode = 2019PLoSO..1416148Z | doi-access = free }}</ref>


==Genera==
==Genera==
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* ''[[Psammophylax]]'' <small>Fitzinger, 1843</small>
* ''[[Psammophylax]]'' <small>Fitzinger, 1843</small>
* ''[[Rhamphiophis]]'' <small>Peters, 1854</small>
* ''[[Rhamphiophis]]'' <small>Peters, 1854</small>

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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 12 January 2024

Psammophiidae
Malpolon monspessulanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Elapoidea
Family: Psammophiidae
Bourgeois, 1968
Genera

8, see text

Psammophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.[1]

Genera

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It contains 8 genera:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.
  2. ^ "Psammophiinae". Reptile Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.