Psammophiidae

Psammophiidae
	Malpolon monspessulanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Superfamily:	Elapoidea
Family:	Psammophiidae; Bourgeois, 1968
Genera
	8, see text

Psammophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.^[1]

Genera

It contains 8 genera:^[2]

Dipsina Jan, 1862
Hemirhagerrhis Boettger, 1893
Kladirostratus Conradie, Keates & Edwards, 2019
Malpolon Fitzinger, 1826
Mimophis Günther, 1868
Psammophis Fitzinger, 1826
Psammophylax Fitzinger, 1843
Rhamphiophis Peters, 1854

References

^ Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.
^ "Psammophiinae". Reptile Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[1] Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.

[2] "Psammophiinae". Reptile Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

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