Serpentes

Python molurus bivittatus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordines: Alethinophidia – Scolecophidia

Overview of superfamiliae

Acrochordoidea – Anilioidea – Booidea – Colubroidea – Elapoidea – Homalopsoidea – Pareatoidea – Typhlopoidea – Viperoidea – Xenodermatoidea

Name

Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Marques, R., Mebert, K., Fonseca, E., Rödder, D., Solé, M. & Tinôco, M.S. 2016. Composition and natural history notes of the coastal snake assemblage from Northern Bahia, Brazil. ZooKeys 611: 93–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.611.9529. Reference page. 
• Menezes, F. de A., Abegg, A.D., da Silva, B.R., Franco, F.L. & Feio, R.N. 2018. Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil. Zookeys 797: 117–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.797.24549 Reference page. 
• di Nicola, M.R. 2019. A revised dichotomous key to the snakes of Italy (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), according to recent systematic updates. Zootaxa 4686(2): 294–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.10 Reference page. 
• Park, D., Kim, I-H., Park, I-K., Grajal-Puche, A. & Park, J. 2022. A comparison of gene organisations and phylogenetic relationships of all 22 squamate species listed in South Korea using complete mitochondrial DNA. Zookeys 1129ː 21–35. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.82981 Reference page. 
• Prudente, A.L. da C., Ramos, L., Silva, T., Sarmento, J., Dourado, A., Silva, F., Almeida, P., Santos, C. & Sousa, M. 2019. Dataset from the Snakes (Serpentes, Reptiles) collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Pará, Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e34013. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e34013 Reference page. 
• Sampaio, I.L.R., Santos, C.P., França, R.C., Pedrosa, I.M.M.C., Solé, M. & França, F.G.R. 2018. Ecological diversity of a snake assemblage from the Atlantic Forest at the south coast of Paraíba, northeast Brazil. ZooKeys 787: 107-125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.787.26946 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

ak: ɔwɔ
العربية: ثعابين
Basa Bali: Lipi
català: Serp
čeština: Hadi
Cymraeg: Neidr
dansk: Slange
Deutsch: Schlangen
eʋegbe: Ɛda
Ελληνικά: Φίδι
English: Snakes
Esperanto: Serpento
español: Serpiente
suomi: Käärmeet
Nordfriisk: Slaanger
français: Serpents
Hawaiʻi: Naheka, Mo‘o
עברית: נחשים
हिन्दी: सांप
hrvatski: Zmije
hts: Ihato
magyar: Kígyók
հայերեն: Օձեր
Bahasa Indonesia: Ular
italiano: Serpente
日本語: ヘビ亜目
Jawa: Ula
ქართული: გველები
한국어: 뱀아목
Limburgs: Slange
lietuvių: Gyvatės
latviešu: Čūskas
Nāhuatl: Cōatl
Nederlands: Slangen
norsk nynorsk: Orm
norsk: Slanger
Deitsch: Schlange
polski: Węże
português: Cobra
română: Şarpe
русский: Змеи
slovenčina: Hady
slovenščina: Kače
Sunda: Oray
svenska: Ormar
ไทย: งู
Türkçe: Yılan
Tiếng Việt: Rắn
中文: 蛇

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