Statistics for Snake Families

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Infraorder	Family	Common name	Species	% Correct
Alethinophidia	Boidae	Boas	61	100%
Alethinophidia	Pythonidae	Pythons	40	100%
Alethinophidia	Viperidae	Vipers	341	100%
Alethinophidia	Colubridae	Typical snakes	2055	83%
Alethinophidia	Elapidae	Cobras, grass snakes, coral snakes ...	389	83%
Alethinophidia	Homalopsidae	Water snakes, mudsnakes ...	53	33%
Alethinophidia	Lamprophiidae	Various	89	33%
Alethinophidia	Pareidae	Snail/slug-eating snakes	20	33%
Alethinophidia	Acrochordidae	Wart/file snakes	3	17%
Scolecophidia	Anomalepidae	Primitive blind snakes	18	17%
Alethinophidia	Atractaspididae	Burrowing asps ...	72	17%
Alethinophidia	Bolyeriidae	Splitjaw snakes	1	17%
Alethinophidia	Cylindrophiidae	Asian pipe snakes	14	17%
Scolecophidia	Leptotyphlopidae	Slender blind snakes	139	17%
Alethinophidia	Loxocemidae	Mexican borrowing snake	1	17%
Alethinophidia	Psammophiidae	Beaked snakes, sand snakes ...	55	17%
Alethinophidia	Tropidophiidae	Dwarf boas	34	17%
Scolecophidia	Typhlopidae	Typical blind snakes	266	17%
Alethinophidia	Uropeltidae	Shield-tailed snakes	55	17%
Alethinophidia	Xenodermidae	Odd-scaled snakes	18	17%
Alethinophidia	Xenopeltidae	Sunbeam snakes	2	17%
Alethinophidia	Xenophidiidae	Spine-jawed snakes	2	17%
Alethinophidia	Aniliidae	False coral snake	1	0%
Alethinophidia	Anomochilidae	Dwarf pipe snakes	3	0%
Alethinophidia	Cyclocoridae	Various	8	0%
Scolecophidia	Gerrhopilidae	Indo-Malayan blind snakes	18	0%
Alethinophidia	Prosymnidae	Shovel-snout snakes	16	0%
Alethinophidia	Pseudaspididae	Various	4	0%
Alethinophidia	Pseudoxyhrophiidae	Various	89	0%
Scolecophidia	Xenotyphlopidae	Malagasy blind snakes	2	0%