Scolecophidia
The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from 10 to 100 centimetres (4 to 40 inches). All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. The Scolecophidia infraorder is most likely paraphyletic (with the family Anomalepididae recovered with strong support as sister clade to the ‘typical snakes’).
| Scolecophidia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - present (but see text) | |
|---|---|
| Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia Cope, 1864 |
| Families | |
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