Serpentes

See also: serpentes and serpentés

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

From the plural of Latin serpens (“snake”).

Proper noun edit

Serpentes

The snakes
1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Squamata.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.^[1]

Hypernyms edit

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order^[1]

Hyponyms edit

(suborder): Booidea, Colubroidea, Typhlopoidea
(order): Booidea, Elapoidea, Colubroidea, Viperoidea - superfamilies^[1]

References edit

Serpentes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Serpentes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Serpentes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Serpentes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Serpentes at World Register of Marine Species

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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