A. Coronoid present; nasals in contact with prefrontals.

1. Vestiges of pelvis; supratemporal present.

Supratemporal large, suspending quadrate

3. Boidæ.

(Subfamilies: Pythoninæ, Boinæ.)

Supratemporal small, intercalated in the cranial wall

4. Ilysiidæ.

2. No vestiges of pelvis; supratemporal absent

5. Uropeltidæ.

B. Coronoid absent; supratemporal present.