Family Aniliidae Fitzinger 1826 (pipe snake)
Parent taxon: Alethinophidia according to N. Vidal and S. B. Hedges 2002
Sister taxa: Acrochordoidea, Anilioidea, Cerberophis, Cylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Macrostomata, Nigerophiidae, Simoliopheoidea, Tuscahomaophis, Viperidae
Subtaxa: Anilioides, Colombophis, Eoanilius, Hoffstetterella, Michauxophis
Ecology: fossorial carnivore