#ophidian__snake__serpent  limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
  supertype:  #diapsid_reptile__diapsid  reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
  subtype:  #colubrid_snake  #blind_snake  #constrictor  #elapid_snake  #sea_snake  #viper
  member of:  #suborder_Serpentes__Serpentes__Ophidia__suborder_Ophidia  snakes
     member of:  #order_Squamata__Squamata  diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
        member of:  #subclass_Lepidosauria__Lepidosauria  diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
           member of:  #class_Reptilia__Reptilia  class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
              member of:  #subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                 member of:  #phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                    member of:  #kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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