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Boodontinae Calamariinae Colubrinae Dipsadinae Homalopsinae Natricinae Pareatinae Psammophiinae Pseudoxenodontinae Pseudoxyrhophiinae Xenodermatinae Xenodontinae See text for genera. |
A Colubrid (from Latin coluber, snake) is a snake that is a member of the Colubridae family. It is a broad classification of snakes that includes well over half of all snake species on earth. While most colubrids are non-venomous (or have venom that isn't known to be harmful to humans) and are normally harmless, a few groups, such as genus Boiga, Coluber and Rhabdophis, can produce medically significant bites. In addition, the Boomslang and African Twig Snake have both caused human fatalities.The venom-injecting fangs associated with venomous colubrids are almost always in the back of the mouth, compared to vipers and elapids.
Examples of snakes found in the colubridae family include:
- Queen snake
Common Keelback -
King Snake
- Milk Snake
- Corn Snake
Bull Snake
Rat Snake
Garter Snake
Hognose Snake
Indigo snake
Smooth Snake
Water Snake
Mussurana
Classification of Colubrids
Subfamily Boodontinae
- Bothrolycus
Bothrophthalmus
Buhoma (incertae sedis)
Chamaelycus
Dendrolycus
Dipsina
Dromophis
Duberria (incertae sedis)
Gonionotophis
Grayia
Hormonotus
Lamprophis
Lycodonomorphus
Lycophidion
Macroprotodon
Mehelya
Montaspis (incertae sedis)
Pseudaspis
Pseudoboodon
Pythonodipsas
Scaphiophis
Subfamily Calamariinae
- Calamaria
Calamorhabdium
Collorhabdium
Etheridgeum
Macrocalamus
Pseudorabdion
Rabdion
Subfamily Colubrinae
- Aeluroglena
Ahaetulla
Argyrogena
Arizona
Bogertophis
Boiga
Cemophora
Chilomeniscus
Chionactis
Chironius
Chrysopelea
Coluber
Conopsis
Coronella
Crotaphopeltis
Cryptophidion
Cyclophiops
Dasypeltis
Dendrelaphis
Dendrophidion
Dinodon
Dipsadoboa
Dispholidus
Dryadophis
Drymarchon
Drymobius
Drymoluber
Dryocalamus
Dryophiops
Eirenis
Elachistodon
Elaphe
Exallodontophis
Ficimia
Gastropyxis
Geagras
Gonyophis
Gonyosoma
Gyalopion
Hapsidophrys
Hemerophis
Hemorrhois
Hierophis
Lampropeltis
Leptodrymus
Leptophis
Lepturophis
Liopeltis
Lycodon
Lycognathophis
Lytorhynchus
Masticophis
Mastigodryas
Meizodon
Oligodon
Opheodrys
Oxybelis
Pantherophis (formerly Elaphe)
Philothamnus
Phyllorhynchus
Pituophis
Prosymna
Pseudocyclophis
Pseudoficimia
Pseustes
Ptyas
Rhamnophis
Rhinobothryum
Rhinocheilus
Rhynchocalamus
Rhynchophis
Salvadora
Scaphiodontophis
Scolecophis
Senticolis
Sibynophis
Simophis
Sonora
Spalerosophis
Spilotes
Stegonotus
Stenorrhina
Stilosoma
Symphimus
Sympholis
Tantilla
Tantillita
Telescopus
Thelotornis
Thrasops
Trimorphodon
Xenelaphis
Subfamily Dipsadinae
- Adelphicos
Amastridium
Atractus
Calamodontophis (incertae sedis)
Carphophis (incertae sedis)
Chersodromus
Coniophanes
Contia (incertae sedis)
Crisantophis (incertae sedis)
Cryophis
Diadophis (incertae sedis)
Diaphorolepsis (incertae sedis)
Dipsas
Echinanthera (incertae sedis)
Emmochliophis (incertae sedis)
Enuliophis (incertae sedis)
Enulius (incertae sedis)
Eridiphas
Geophis
Gomesophis (incertae sedis)
Hydromorphus (incertae sedis)
Hypsiglena
Imantodes
Leptodeira
Ninia
Nothopsis (incertae sedis)
Pliocercus
Pseudoleptodeira
Pseudotomodon (incertae sedis)
Ptychophis (incertae sedis)
Rhadinaea
Rhadinophanes (incertae sedis)
Sibon
Sibynomorphus
Synophis (incertae sedis)
Tachymenis (incertae sedis)
Taeniophallus (incertae sedis)
Tantalophis (incertae sedis)
Thamnodynastes (incertae sedis)
Tomodon (incertae sedis)
Tretanorhinus
Trimetopon
Tropidodipsas
Urotheca
Xenopholis (incertae sedis)
Subfamily Homalopsinae
- Bitia
Brachyorrhos (incertae sedis)
Cantoria
Cerberus
Enhydris
Erpeton
Fordonia
Gerarda
Heurnia
Homalopsis
Myron
Subfamily Natricinae
- Adelophis
Afronatrix
Amphiesma
Amphiesmoides
Amplorhinus (incertae sedis)
Anoplohydrus
Aspidura
Atretium
Balanophis
Clonophis
Hologerrhum
Hydrablabes
Hydraethiops
Iguanognathus
Limnophis (incertae sedis)
Macropisthodon
Natriciteres (incertae sedis)
Natrix
Nerodia
Opisthotropis
Parahelicops
Pararhabdophis
Psammodynastes (incertae sedis)
Regina
Rhabdophis
Seminatrix
Sinonatrix
Storeria
Thamnophis
Tropidoclonion
Tropidonophis
Virginia
Xenochrophis (incertae sedis)
Subfamily Pareatinae
- Aplopeltura
Asthenodipsas (Internatus)
Pareas
Subfamily Psammophiinae
- Hemirhagerrhis
Malpolon
Mimophis
Psammophis
Psammophylax
Rhamphiophis
Subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae
- Plagiopholis
Pseudoxenodon
Subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae
- Alluaudina
Compsophis
Ditypophis
Dromicodryas
Exallodontophis
Geodipsas
Heteroliodon
Ithycyphus
Langaha
Leioheterodon
Liophidium
Liopholidophis
Lycodryas
Madagascarophis
Micropisthodon
Pararhadinaea
Brygophis
Pseudoxyrhopus
Stenophis
Subfamily Xenodermatinae
- Achalinus
Fimbrios
Oxyrhabdium
Stoliczkaia
Xenodermus
Xylophis
Subfamily Xenodontinae
- Alsophis
Antillophis
Apostolepis
Arrhyton
Boiruna
Cercophis (incertae sedis)
Clelia
Conophis
Darlingtonia
Ditaxodon
Drepanoides
Elapomorphus
Erythrolamprus
Farancia
Helicops
Heterodon
Hydrodynastes
Hydrops
Hypsirhynchus
Ialtris
Lioheterophis (incertae sedis)
Liophis
Lystrophis
Manolepis
Oxyrhopus
Phalotris
Philodryas
Phimophis
Pseudablabes
Pseudoboa
Pseudoeryx
Psomophis
Rhachidelus
Saphenophis
Siphlophis
Sordellina (incertae sedis)
Tropidodryas
Umbrivaga
Uromacer
Uromacerina
Waglerophis
Xenodon
Xenoxybelis
incertae sedis
- Blythia
Cercaspis
Cyclocorus
Elapoidis
Gongylosoma
Haplocercus
Helophis
Myersophis
Omoadiphas (recently discovered)
Oreocalamus
Poecilopholis
Rhabdops
Tetralepis
Thermophis
Trachischium