Scolecophidia
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The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes,[2] are an infraorder[2] of snakes.[3] They range in length from 10 to 100 centimetres (4 to 40 inches). All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing).[4] Five families and 39 genera are recognized.[5] The Scolecophidia infraorder is most likely paraphyletic (with the family Anomalepididae recovered with strong support as sister clade to the ‘typical snakes’).[6]
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Scolecophidia | |
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Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Infraorder: | Scolecophidia Cope, 1864[1] |
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