Squamata Oppel 1811 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval.
 see Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
  
 Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
    
 Toxicofera Vidal & Hedges, 2005
      
 Serpentes
 see Suborder Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758
        
 Family Colubridae Oppel, 1811 - colubrids
          
 01 Genus Blythia Theobald, 1868, incertae sedis
          
 02 Genus Cyclocorus Duméril, 1853, incertae sedis
          
 03 Genus Elapoidis Boie, 1827, incertae sedis
          
 04 Genus Gongylosoma Fitzinger, 1843, incertae sedis
          
 05 Genus Helophis Witte & Laurent, 1942, incertae sedis
          
 06 Genus Myersophis Taylor, 1963, incertae sedis
          
 07 Genus Oreocalamus Boulenger, 1899, incertae sedis
          
 08 Genus Poecilopholis Boulenger, 1903, incertae sedis
          
 09 Genus Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893, incertae sedis
          
 10 Genus Tetralepis Böttger, 1892, incertae sedis
          
 11.1 Subfamily Calamariinae
          
 11.2 Subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae
          
 12.1.1 Subfamily Sibynophiinae
          
 12.1.2.1 Subfamily Grayiinae [monotypic]
          
 12.1.2.2 Subfamily Colubrinae Oppel, 1811
          
 12.2.1 Subfamily Natricinae Bonaparte, 1838 - water snakes
          
 12.2.2 Subfamily Dipsadinae Guenther, 1858 - American snail-eating snakes