Genus Apostolepis
(burrowing snakes)

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Suborder Autarchoglossa (skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Anguimorpha
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  Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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  Superfamily Xenophidia (colubrids, vipers, and relatives)
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  Family Colubridae (colubrids)
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  Genus Apostolepis (burrowing snakes)
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  Species Apostolepis ambinigra
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  Species Apostolepis arenarius
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  Species Apostolepis assimilis
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  Species Apostolepis cearensis
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  Species Apostolepis coronata
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  Species Apostolepis dimidiata
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  Species Apostolepis dorbignyi
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  Species Apostolepis flavotorquata
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  Species Apostolepis gaboi
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  Species Apostolepis goiasensis
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  Species Apostolepis intermedia
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  Species Apostolepis longicaudata
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  Species Apostolepis multicincta
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  Species Apostolepis niceforoi
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  Species Apostolepis nigroterminata
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  Species Apostolepis phillipsi
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  Species Apostolepis polylepis
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  Species Apostolepis pymi
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  Species Apostolepis quinquelineata
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  Species Apostolepis quirogai
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  Species Apostolepis sanctaeritae
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  Species Apostolepis tenuis
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  Species Apostolepis vittata