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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudaspididae
Genera: PseudaspisPythonodipsas
References

Kelly, C.M.R.; Barker, N.P.; Villet, M.H.; Broadley, D.G. 2009: Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of the snake superfamily Elapoidea: a rapid radiation in the late Eocene. Cladistics, 25: 38–63.
Vidal, N.; Delmas, A.-S.; David, P.; Cruaud, C.; Couloux, A.; Hedges, S.B. 2007: The phylogeny and classification of caenophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear protein-coding genes. C.R. Biologies, 330: 182–187. PDF

Pseudaspididae is a small family of elapoid snakes.
Genera

The family contains four species in three genera.[1]

Pseudaspis Fitzinger, 1843
Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758) (mole snake)
Pythonodipsas Günther, 1868
Pythonodipsas carinata Günther, 1868 (western keeled snake)
Psammodynastes Günther, 1858
Psammodynastes pictus Günther, 1858 (painted mock viper, spotted mock viper)
Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) (common mock viper)


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References

Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Pseudaspididae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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