After Szyndlar, 1994, and Caldwell & Lee, 1997, with recent species from Uetz, Etzold & Chenna, 1995-2000 [“The Reptile Database”]
<==o Anilioidea (telakäärmeensukuiset) |--o Aniliidae sensu lato | |-- †Michauxophis occitanus | |--o Cylindrophis [paraphyletic Cylindrophidae] | | |-- C. aruensis | | |-- C. boulengeri | | |-- C. engkariensis | | |-- C. isolepis | | |-- C. lineatus | | |-- C. maculatus | | |-- C. melanotus | | |-- C. opisthorhodus | | |-- C. rufus (punatelakäärme) | | `-- C. yamdena | `--o Aniliidae sensu stricto (Coral Cylinder Snakes; telakäärmeet) | |-- †Colombophis | |--o †Eoanilius Rage, 1974 | | |-- †E. oligocaenus Szyndlar, 1994 | | `-- †E. europae Rage, 1974 | `--o Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758) Oken, 1816 (Coral Cylinder Snake; telakäärme) | |-- A. s. phelpsorum Roze, 1958 | `-- A. s. scytale (Linnaeus, 1758) `--o Uropeltidae sensu lato |--o Anomochilus [paraphyletic Cylindrophidae] | |-- A. leonardi | `-- A. weberi `--o Uropeltidae sensu stricto (kilpipyrstökäärmeet) |-- Brachyophidium rhodogaster |--o Melanophidium | |-- M. bilineatum | |-- M. punctatum | `-- M. wynaudense |--o Platyplectrurus | |-- P. madurensis | `-- P. trilineatus |--o Plectrurus | |-- P. aureus | |-- P. canaricus | |-- P. guentheri | `-- P. perroteti |-- Pseudotyphlops philippinus |--o Rhinophis | |-- R. blythii | |-- R. dorsimaculatus | |-- R. drummondhayi | |-- R. fergusonianus | |-- R. oxyrhynchus | |-- R. philippinus | |-- R. porrectus | |-- R. punctatus | |-- R. sanguineus | |-- R. travancoricus | |-- R. trevelyana | `-- R. tricolorata |-- Teretrurus sanguineus `--o Uropeltis |-- U. arcticeps |-- U. beddomii |-- U. broughami |-- U. ceylanicus |-- U. dindigalensis |-- U. ellioti |-- U. liura |-- U. macrolepis |-- U. macrorhynchus |-- U. maculatus |-- U. melanogaster |-- U. myhendrae |-- U. nitidus |-- U. ocellatus |-- U. petersi |-- U. phillipsi |-- U. phipsonii |-- U. pulneyensis |-- U. rubrolineatus |-- U. rubromaculatus |-- U. ruhanae |-- U. smithi `-- U. woodmasoni
Reference(s):
- Caldwell, M. W. & Lee, M. S. Y., 1997: A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East.
–Nature: Vol. 386, 17 April, pp. 705-709 - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
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1995-2000: The TIGR Reptile Database
[former EMBL Reptile Database]
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–Journal or Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, pp. 1-3