Extant taxa • Superfamily
Amerophidia • Family:
Aniliidae Stejneger, 1907—red pipesnake • Family:
Tropidophiidae Brongersma, 1951—Caribbean dwarf "boas" or thunder snakes • Superfamily
Booidea • Family:
Boidae Gray, 1825—boas (see article for comments on former families or subfamilies Calabariidae/inae, Sanziniidae/inae, Charinidae/inae, Erycidae/inae, Candoiidae/inae) • Superfamily
Pythonoidea • Family:
Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826—pythons • Family:
Loxocemidae Cope, 1861—Mexican burrowing pythons • Family:
Xenopeltidae Bonaparte, 1845—sunbeam snakes • Superfamily
Uropeltoidea • Family:
Uropeltidae Müller, 1832—shield-tailed snakes • Family:
Cylindrophiidae Fitzinger, 1843—Asian pipe snakes • Family:
Anomochilidae Cundall, Wallach and
Rossman, 1993—dwarf pipe snakes • Family:
Bolyeriidae Hoffstetter, 1946—Splitjaw snakes • Family:
Xenophidiidae Wallach & Günther, 1998—Spine-jawed snakes • Family:
Acrochordidae Bonaparte, 1831—wart or file snakes • Family:
Xenodermidae Oppel, 1811—odd-scaled snakes • Family:
Pareidae Oppel, 1811—snail-eating snakes • Family:
Viperidae Oppel, 1811—vipers (including pit vipers) • Subfamily:
Azemiopinae Liem, Marx and Rabb, 1971—Fea's viper • Subfamily:
Crotalinae Oppel, 1811—pitvipers (including rattlesnakes) • Subfamily:
Viperinae Oppel, 1811—true vipers • Family:
Homalopsidae Günther, 1864—Asian mudsnakes • Superfamily:
Elapoidea F. Boie, 1827 (merged with Colubroidea by the
Reptile Database) • Family:
Cyclocoridae Weinell &
Brown, 2017—Philippine snakes • Family:
Micrelapidae Das
et al., 2023—two-headed snakes • Family:
Elapidae F. Boie, 1827—Cobras, coral snakes, mambas, taipans,
sea snakes, and others • Family:
Pseudaspididae Cope, 1893—mole snake, western keeled snake, and mock vipers • Family:
Prosymnidae Gray, 1849—shovel-snouted snakes • Family:
Psammophiidae Dowling, 1967—sand snakes and allies • Family:
Atractaspididae Günther, 1858—African burrowing asps, stiletto snakes, harlequin snakes • Family:
Pseudoxyrhophiidae Dowling, 1975—Malagasy hognose snakes, brook snakes, and allies • Family:
Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843—lamprophiids • Superfamily:
Colubroidea Oppel, 1811 • Family:
Colubridae Oppel, 1811—colubrids, typical snakes (subfamilies sometimes considered distinct families) • Subfamily:
Sibynophiinae Dunn, 1928—hinged-teeth snakes • Subfamily:
Natricinae Bonaparte, 1838—keelbacks • Subfamily:
Pseudoxenodontinae McDowell, 1987 • Subfamily:
Dipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838
Fossil taxa Based on Gower & Zaher (2022): • Genus †
Afrotortrix Rage, 2021 • Genus †
Amaru Albino, 2018 • Genus †
Cerberophis Longrich et al., 2012 • Genus †
Eoanilius Rage, 1974 • Genus †
Falseryx Szyndlar & Rage, 2003 • Genus †
Goinophis Holman, 1976 • Genus †
Hoffstetterella Rage, 1998 • Genus †
Kataria Scanferla et al., 2013 • Genus †
Platyspondylia Rage, 1974 • Genus †
Rottophis Szyndlar & Bohme, 1996 • Genus †
Szyndlaria Rage & Auge, 2010 • Genus †
Tuscahomaophis Holman & Case, 1992 • Genus †
Vectophis Rage & Ford, 1980 • Family †
Simoliophidae Nopsca, 1925 • Family †
Palaeophiidae Lydekker, 1888 • Family †
Nigerophiidae Rage, 1975 ==See also==