Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of alethinophidian
Genomic phylogenies suggest that this capacity have evolved twice, in tropidophiids, basal alethinophidians, and the families Bolyeriidae, Tropidophiidae, Boidae, and Pythonidae, plus the "advanced snakes" that include Acrochordidae and Colubroidea grouped as Caenophidia [16 ].
2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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