This is an overview of the suborder Serpentes, its two infraorders (subdivisions) and the families they contain. This is the group of reptiles commonly known as snakes.

Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (/ s ɜːr ˈ p ɛ n t iː z /). [2] Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group.

Snakes and serpents both belong to the suborder Serpentes in the animal kingdom. However, snakes are generally classified under the family Colubridae, whereas serpents fall under the broader category of any legless, elongated reptile.

2025年3月18日 · snake, (suborder Serpentes), any of more than 3,400 species of reptiles distinguished by their limbless condition and greatly elongated body and tail.