Colubridae
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The Colubridae (frae Laitin coluber, snake) are a faimily o snakes. Wi 304 genera an 1,938 species,[citation needit] Colubridae is the mucklest snake faimily, an includes aboot twa-thirds o aw current snake species. The earliest species o the faimily date back tae the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid species bide in every continent except Antarctica.[1]
| Colubridae Temporal range: Oligocene tae Recent
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| Caspian whipsnake, Coluber caspius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Superfaimily: | Colubroidea |
| Faimily: | Colubridae Oppel, 1811 |
Clessification
eeditCurrent subfaimilies
eeditSibynophiinae – 11 speshies in twa genera
- Scaphiodontophis
- Sibynophis
Natricinae – 237 speshies in 35 genera (whiles gien as faimily Natricidae)
- Adelophis
- Afronatrix
- Amphiesma
- Amphiesmoides
- Anoplohydrus
- Aspidura
- Atretium
- Clonophis
- Haldea striatula
- Hebius
- Helophis
- Herpetoreas
- Hydrablabes
- Hydraethiops
- Iguanognathus
- Isanophis
- Limnophis
- Liodytes
- Natriciteres
- Natrix
- Nerodia
- Opisthotropis
- Paratapinophis
- Regina
- Rhabdophis
- Rhabdops
- Sinonatrix
- Smithophis
- Storeria
- Thamnophis
- Trachischium
- Tropidoclonion
- Tropidonophis
- Smuith yird snake
- Xenochrophis
Pseudoxenodontinae – 10 species in two genera
- Plagiopholis
- Pseudoxenodon
Dipsadinae – 782 speshies in 96 genera (whiles gien as faimily Dipsadidae)
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- Adelphicos
- Alsophis
- Amastridium
- Amnesteophis
- Apostolepis
- Arrhyton
- Atractus
- Boiruna
- Borikenophis
- Caaeteboia
- Calamodontophis
- Caraiba
- Carphophis
- Cenaspis
- Cercophis
- Chersodromus
- Clelia
- Coniophanes
- Conophis
- Contia
- Coronelaps
- Crisantophis
- Cryophis
- Cubophis
- Diadophis
- Diaphorolepis
- Dipsas
- Ditaxodon
- Drepanoides
- Echinanthera
- Elapomorphus
- Emmochliophis
- Enuliophis
- Enulius
- Erythrolamprus
- Eutrachelophis
- Farancia
- Geophis
- Gomesophis
- Haitiophis
- Helicops
- Heterodon
- Hydrodynastes
- Hydromorphus
- Hydrops
- Hypsiglena
- Hypsirhynchus
- Ialtris
- Imantodes
- Leptodeira
- Lioheterophis
- Lygophis
- Magliophis
- Manolepis
- Mussurana
- Ninia
- Nothopsis
- Omoadiphas
- Oxyrhopus
- Paraphimophis
- Phalotris
- Philodryas
- Phimophis
- Plesiodipsas
- Pliocercus
- Pseudalsophis
- Pseudoboa
- Pseudoeryx
- Pseudoleptodeira
- Pseudotomodon
- Psomophis
- Ptychophis
- Rhachidelus
- Rhadinaea
- Rhadinella
- Rhadinophanes
- Rodriguesophis
- Saphenophis
- Sibon
- Siphlophis
- Sordellina
- Synophis
- Tachymenis
- Taeniophallus
- Tantalophis
- Thamnodynastes
- Thermophis
- Tomodon
- Tretanorhinus
- Trimetopon
- Tropidodipsas
- Tropidodryas
- Uromacer
- Uromacerina
- Urotheca
- Xenodon
- Xenopholis
Grayiinae – 4 speshies in one genus
- Grayia
Calamariinae – 89 speshies in seven genera
- Calamaria
- Calamorhabdium
- Collorhabdium
- Etheridgeum
- Macrocalamus
- Pseudorabdion
- Rabdion
Ahaetuliinae – 61 speshies in fower genera
- Ahaetulla
- Chrysopelea
- Dendrelaphis
- Dryophiops
Colubrinae – 703 speshies in 94 genera
- Aeluroglena
- Aprosdoketophis
- Archelaphe
- Argyrogena
- Arizona
- Bamanophis
- Bogertophis
- Boiga
- Cemophora
- Chapinophis
- Chironius
- Coelognathus
- Eastern racer/Coluber
- Colubroelaps
- Conopsis
- Coronella
- Crotaphopeltis
- Dasypeltis
- Dendrophidion
- Dipsadoboa
- Dispholidus
- Dolichophis
- Drymarchon
- Drymobius
- Drymoluber
- Eirenis
- Elaphe
- Euprepiophis
- Ficimia
- Geagras
- Gonyosoma
- Gyalopion
- Hapsidophrys
- Hemerophis
- Hemorrhois
- Hierophis
- Kingsnake/Lampropeltis
- Leptodrymus
- Leptophis
- Liopeltis
- Lycodon
- Lytorhynchus
- Macroprotodon
- Masticophis
- Mastigodryas
- Meizodon
- Mopanveldophis
- Muhtarophis
- Oligodon
- Oocatochus
- Opheodrys
- Oreocryptophis
- Orientocoluber
- Oxybelis
- Palusophis
- Pantherophis
- Philothamnus
- Phrynonax
- Phyllorhynchus
- Pituophis
- Platyceps
- Pseudelaphe
- Pseudoficimia
- Ptyas
- Rhamnophis
- Rhinobothryum
- Rhinocheilus
- Rhynchocalamus
- Salvadora
- Scaphiophis
- Scolecophis
- Senticolis
- Simophis
- Sonora
- Spalerosophis
- Spilotes
- Stegonotus
- Stenorrhina
- Stichophanes
- Symphimus
- Sympholis
- Tantilla
- Tantillita
- Telescopus
- Thelotornis
- Thrasops
- Toxicodryas
- Trimorphodon
- Wallaceophis
- Xenelaphis
- Xyelodontophis
- Zamenis
genera incertae sedis (nae currently placed in a subfaimily, uisually acause o the absence o genetic data, but suspectit tae be colubrids based on morphology)
- Poecilopholis
- Tetralepis
References
eedit- ↑ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G.; Zweifel, R.G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 188–195. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
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