Pseudaspididae

{{Short description|Family of snakes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Pseudaspis cana.JPG

| image_caption = Pseudaspis cana

| taxon = Pseudaspididae

| authority = Cope, 1893

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * Pseudaspis Fitzinger, 1843

• Pythonodipsas Günther, 1868

}}

Pseudaspididae is a small family of elapoid snakes, containing only two species (each in their own monotypic genus) from sub-Saharan Africa. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.{{cite journal | vauthors = Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, Montingelli GG, Quadros AB, Orlov NL, Wilkinson M, Zhang YP, Grazziotin FG | display-authors = 6 | title = Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | pages = e0216148 | date = 2019-05-10 | pmid = 31075128 | pmc = 6512042 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 | bibcode = 2019PLoSO..1416148Z | doi-access = free }} However, some authors continue to place them as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae.{{Cite journal |last1=Das |first1=Sunandan |last2=Greenbaum |first2=Eli |last3=Brecko |first3=Jonathan |last4=Pauwels |first4=Olivier S. G. |last5=Ruane |first5=Sara |last6=Pirro |first6=Stacy |last7=Merilä |first7=Juha |date=2024-04-25 |title=Phylogenomics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=9489 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-60215-2 |pmid=38664489 |issn=2045-2322|pmc=11045840 |bibcode=2024NatSR..14.9489D }}

The Asian mock vipers in the genus Psammodynastes were previously placed as disjunct members of this family, but more recent studies support them being a significantly older lineage belonging to their own family, Psammodynastidae.