Serpentes

Serpentes is a suborder in the taxonomic classification system that contains an enormous amount of species of animals, namely snakes. The oldest fossils classified as Serpentes were found in the Cretaceous period and is named Haasiophis terrasanctus. Hilariously, they still hand hindlimbs and were found near Jerusalem- a good biblical joke or alarming fact.
==Infraorders==
Most snake species belong to Alethinophidia. Smaller, worm-like snakes known as blindsnakes and threadsnakes belong to the order Scolecophidia. They are super cute, and I once saved one from my pool once as a kid. Thanks to my giant animal book I identified it as a snake instead of a worm and was fascinated. I think I put him/her in a plant pot. The surviving families in the infraorders are as follows:
=== Alethinophidia ===
* Acrochordidae
* Aniliidae
* Anomochilidae
* Atractaspididae
* Boidae
* Bolyeriidae
* Colubridae
* Cyclocoridae
* Cylindrophiidae
* Elapidae
* Homalopsidae
* Lamprophiidae
* Loxocemidae
=== Scolecophidia ===
* Anomalepididae
* Gerrhopilidae
* Leptotyphlopidae
* Typhlopidae
* Xenotyphlopidae
Category:Snakes