Serpentes

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordines: Alethinophidia – Scolecophidia

Overview of superfamiliae

Acrochordoidea – Anilioidea – Booidea – Colubroidea – Elapoidea – Homalopsoidea – Pareatoidea – Typhlopoidea – Viperoidea – Xenodermatoidea

Name

Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Marques, R., Mebert, K., Fonseca, E., Rödder, D., Solé, M. & Tinôco, M.S. 2016. Composition and natural history notes of the coastal snake assemblage from Northern Bahia, Brazil. ZooKeys 611: 93–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.611.9529. Reference page.
Menezes, F. de A., Abegg, A.D., da Silva, B.R., Franco, F.L. & Feio, R.N. 2018. Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil. Zookeys 797: 117–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.797.24549 Reference page.
di Nicola, M.R. 2019. A revised dichotomous key to the snakes of Italy (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), according to recent systematic updates. Zootaxa 4686(2): 294–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.10 Reference page.
Park, D., Kim, I-H., Park, I-K., Grajal-Puche, A. & Park, J. 2022. A comparison of gene organisations and phylogenetic relationships of all 22 squamate species listed in South Korea using complete mitochondrial DNA. Zookeys 1129ː 21–35. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.82981 Reference page.
Prudente, A.L. da C., Ramos, L., Silva, T., Sarmento, J., Dourado, A., Silva, F., Almeida, P., Santos, C. & Sousa, M. 2019. Dataset from the Snakes (Serpentes, Reptiles) collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Pará, Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e34013. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e34013 Reference page.
Sampaio, I.L.R., Santos, C.P., França, R.C., Pedrosa, I.M.M.C., Solé, M. & França, F.G.R. 2018. Ecological diversity of a snake assemblage from the Atlantic Forest at the south coast of Paraíba, northeast Brazil. ZooKeys 787: 107-125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.787.26946 Reference page.

Vernacular names

ak: ɔwɔ
العربية: ثعابين
Basa Bali: Lipi
català: Serp
čeština: Hadi
Cymraeg: Neidr
dansk: Slange
Deutsch: Schlangen
eʋegbe: Ɛda
Ελληνικά: Φίδι
English: Snakes
Esperanto: Serpento
español: Serpiente
suomi: Käärmeet
Nordfriisk: Slaanger
français: Serpents
Hawaiʻi: Naheka, Mo‘o
עברית: נחשים
हिन्दी: सांप
hrvatski: Zmije
hts: Ihato
magyar: Kígyók
հայերեն: Օձեր
Bahasa Indonesia: Ular
italiano: Serpente
日本語: ヘビ亜目
Jawa: Ula
ქართული: გველები
한국어: 뱀아목
Limburgs: Slange
lietuvių: Gyvatės
latviešu: Čūskas
Nāhuatl: Cōatl
Nederlands: Slangen
norsk nynorsk: Orm
norsk: Slanger
Deitsch: Schlange
polski: Węże
português: Cobra
română: Şarpe
русский: Змеи
slovenčina: Hady
slovenščina: Kače
Sunda: Oray
svenska: Ormar
ไทย: งู
Türkçe: Yılan
Tiếng Việt: Rắn
中文: 蛇