<==o Alethinophidia |--o Lapparentophidae | |?- †Lapparentopheidae genera et species indet. 1 [Sudan] | |?- †Lapparentopheidae genera et species indet. 2 [Sudan] | |?- †Pouitella pervetus | `-- †Lapparentophis defrennei `--+-- †Simoliophis sauvagei [Simoliophidae] |-- Anilioidea (telakäärmeensukuiset) `-- Macrostomata
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