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

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Candoiinae
Genera (1): Candoia
Name

Candoiinae Pyron, Reynolds & Burbrink, 2014: 255

Original status: Valid family Candoiidae

References

Hoser, R.T. 2013: Tidying up the taxonomy of the extant Booidea, including the erection and naming of two new families, the description of Acrantophis sloppi sp. nov ., a new species of ground boa from Madagascar and Candoia aspera iansimpsoni, subsp. nov ., a new subspecies of Boa from Papua New Guinea. Australasian journal of herpetology 16: 3–8. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 5; as Candoiidae FAM. NOV. (Type genus not explicitly stated)]
Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T. & Wiens, J.J. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:93. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 Open access Reference page. [Unavailable name]
Pyron, R.A., Reynolds , R.G. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A taxonomic revision of boas (Serpentes: Boidae). Zootaxa 3846(2): 249–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5 Paywall Reference page. [See p. 255; as Candoiidae fam. nov.]

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