Our data support the monophyly of the elapids (CP = 99%) and include Atractaspis in this clade. This taxon has been classified as a viperid (Underwood 1967), a colubrid (Hardaway and Williams 1976; Smith et al. 1977; Dowling and Duellman 1978) or an independent lineage allied with the elapids (McDowell 1986, 1987; Dessauer et al. 1987; Cadle 1988).--Heise et al. (1995)



Reference:

Philip J. Heise, Linda R. Maxson, Herndon G. Dowling, and S. Blair Hedges (1995). Higher-level snake phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences of 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12: 259–265.

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