Clade Macrostomata Ritgen 1828 (snake)
Full reference: F. A. Ritgen. 1828. Versuch einer natürlichen Eintheilung der Amphibien [Attempt of a natural division of the amphibians]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 14:247-284
Parent taxon: Alethinophidia according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012
See also Lee and Scanlon 2002, Rieppel et al. 2003, Vidal and Hedges 2002 and Wilcox et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Acrochordoidea, Afrotortrix, Aniliidae, Anilioidea, Caenophidia, Cerberophis, Colombophis, Colubroidea, Cylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Itaboraiophis, Paulacoutophis, Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Simoliopheoidea, Tuscahomaophis
Subtaxa: Amaru Booidea Kataria Loxocemus Pachyrhachis Podophis Tropidophiidae Xenopeltis
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