Serpentes

See also: serpentes and serpentés

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Serpentes

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

Hypernyms

(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

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

References

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

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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