| Stratigraphical Foreword |
V |
| Acknowledgments |
VI |
| Institutional Abbreviations |
VII |
| Abbreviations Used in figures |
IX |
| General Osteology |
1 |
| The classification of Snakes |
6 |
| Systematic Review |
7 |
| Order Serpentes LINNAEUS, 1758 |
7 |
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Suborder Scolecophidia DUMÉRIL and BIBRON, 1844 |
8 |
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Family ?Typhlopidae GRAY, 1825 |
9 |
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Fossils Erroneously Assigned to the Scolecophidia |
9 |
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Suborder Alethinophidia NOPCSA, 1923a |
10 |
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Superfamily Simoliopheoidea NOPCSA, 1925 |
10 |
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Family Lapparentopheidae HOFFSTETTER, 1968 |
11 |
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Family Simoliopheidae NOPCSA,1925 |
11 |
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Superfamily Anilioidea FITZINGER, 1826 |
11 |
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Family Aniliidae FITZINGER, 1826 |
11 |
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Snakes Erroneously Assigned to the Aniliidae |
13 |
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Family Uropeltidae MÜLLER, 1832 |
13 |
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Superfamily Booidea GRAY, 1825 |
13 |
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Family Dinilysiidae ROMER, 1956 |
13 |
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Family Xenopeltidae BONAPARTE, 1845 |
15 |
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Family Boidae GRAY, 1825 |
15 |
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Subfamily Boinae GRAY, 1825 |
15 |
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Subfamily Erycinae BONAPARTE, 1831 |
23 |
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Snakes Referred with Doubt to the Erycinae |
27 |
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Snakes Erroneously Referred to the Erycinae |
28 |
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Subfamily Bolyeriinae HOFFSTETTER, 1946 |
28 |
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Subfamily Tropidopheinae COPE, 1894 |
28 |
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Subfamily Madtsoiinae HOFFSTETTER, 1961 |
30 |
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Snakes Referred with Doubt to the Madtsoiinae |
30 |
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Boidae incertae sedis |
30 |
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Nomina dubia |
32 |
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Snake Referred with Doubt to the Boidae |
33 |
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Family Palaeopheidae LYDEKKER, 1888 |
33 |
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Subfamily Palaeopheinae LYDEKKER, 1888 |
33 |
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Nomina dubia |
36 |
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Subfamily Archaeopheinae JANENSCH, 1906 |
36 |
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Superfamily Acrochordoidea BONAPARTE, 1838 |
38 |
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Family Acrochordidae BONAPARTE, 1838 |
38 |
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Family Nigeropheidae RAGE, 1975 |
39 |
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Superfamily Colubroidea OPPEL, 1811 |
41 |
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Family Anomalopheidae AUFFENBERG, 1959 |
41 |
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Family Russellopheidae RAGE, 1978 |
42 |
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Family Colubridae OPPEL, 1811 |
42 |
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Colubrid Snakes Described as Extinct Species but Belonging to Living Forms |
51 |
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Nomina dubia |
52 |
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Family Elapidae BOIE, 1827 |
54 |
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Snakes Erroneously Referred to the Elapidae |
54 |
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Family Viperidae OPPEL, 1811 |
54 |
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Subfamily Viperinae OPPEL, 1811 |
55 |
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Subfamily Crotalinae OPPEL, 1811 |
56 |
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Crotaline Snakes Described as Extinct Forms but Belonging to Living Species |
56 |
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Nomina dubia |
58 |
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Alethinophidia incertae sedis |
58 |
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Serpentes incertae sedis |
59 |
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Nomina nuda |
60 |
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Fossils Doubtfully Referred to Snakes, here Considered as Nomina dubia |
61 |
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Fossils Sometimes Assigned to Snakes, here Referred to Sauria |
62 |
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Fossil Described as a Snake, but Assigned to Gastropoda (Mollusca) |
63 |
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Fossil Described as a Possible Snake but Referred to Plants |
63 |
| The Origin of Snakes |
64 |
| The Phylogeny of Snakes |
66 |
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1. The Initial Alethinophidian Dichotomy |
66 |
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2. The Anilioidea |
66 |
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3. The Booidea |
68 |
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4. The Acrochordoidea |
71 |
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5. The Colubroidea |
73 |
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6. The Simoliopheoidea |
74 |
| Bibliography |
75 |
| Index generum |
79 |
