Snakes
No legs, no eyelids, no problem. The snakes.
4,249 species live on this branch.
Where Snakes sits on the tree
FamilyAcrochordidae3 species
FamilyAniliidae1 species
FamilyAnomalepididae23 species
FamilyAnomochilidae3 species
FamilyAtractaspididae68 species
FamilyBoidae67 species
FamilyBolyeriidae2 species
FamilyColubridae2,203 species
FamilyCyclocoridae8 species
FamilyCylindrophiidae15 species
FamilyElapidae412 species- FamilyElapoidea4 species
- FamilyGerrhopilidae29 species
FamilyHomalopsidae61 species
FamilyLamprophiidae94 species
FamilyLeptotyphlopidae144 species
FamilyLoxocemidae1 species
FamilyMicrelapidae6 species
FamilyPareidae49 species
FamilyProsymnidae19 species
FamilyPsammodynastidae2 species
FamilyPsammophiidae57 species
FamilyPseudaspididae2 species
FamilyPseudoxyrhophiidae89 species
FamilyPythonidae38 species
FamilyTropidophiidae37 species
FamilyTyphlopidae282 species
FamilyUropeltidae74 species
FamilyViperidae412 species
FamilyXenodermidae38 species
FamilyXenopeltidae3 species- FamilyXenophidiidae2 species
- FamilyXenotyphlopidae1 species
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Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.