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Asian pipe snake

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iCylindrophiidae
Image:Cylindrophis rufus.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Henophidia
Family: Cylindrophiidae
Fitzinger, 1843
Genus: Cylindrophis
Wagler, 1828
Species

There are 10 species: Cylindrophis aruensis
Cylindrophis boulengeri
Cylindrophis engkariensis - Engkari pipe snake
Cylindrophis isolepis
Cylindrophis lineatus
Cylindrophis maculatus
Cylindrophis melanotus
Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
Cylindrophis rufus
Cylindrophis yamdena

The Asian pipe snakes (genus Cylindrophis) are a group of snakes of the superfamily Henophidia. This genus is the sole member of the family Cylindrophiidae. They are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies.

Chordata - Reptilia - Squamata - Families of Snakes  
HENOPHIDIA
Acrochordidae - Aniliidae - Anomochilidae - Boidae - Bolyeridae - Cylindrophiidae - Loxocemidae - Pythonidae - Tropidophiidae - Uropeltidae - Xenopeltidae
TYPHLOPOIDEA
Anomalepidae - Leptotyphlopidae - Typhlopidae
XENOPHIDIA
Atractaspididae - Colubridae - Elapidae - Hydrophiidae - Viperidae

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