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Colubridae (colubrids) with Relationships

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Colubridae (from Latin coluber, snake) are a family of snakes. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, they are the largest snake family, and include about two-thirds of all known living snake species. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid species are found on every continent except Antarctica.
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Genus

Amphiesma (1)
Arizona (glossy snakes) (1)
Atractus (2)
Boiga (boigas and mangrove snakes) (2)
Borikenophis (1)
Caraiba (1)
Carphophis (1)
Chironius (sipos) (9)
Clelia (2)
Coluber (racers) (1)
Coniophanes (3)
Coronella (2)
Crotaphopeltis (tropical water snakes) (2)
Cubophis (1)
Dasypeltis (egg-eating snakes) (1)
Dendrelaphis (Asian tree snakes and bronzebacks) (2)
Diadophis (1)
Dipsas (1)
Dispholidus (boomslang) (1)
Dolichophis (1)
Drymarchon (indigo snakes) (2)
Drymobius (neotropical racers and speckled racers) (1)
Elaphe (corn snakes, fox snakes, and rat snakes) (4)
Elapomorphus (1)
Erythrolamprus (7)
Euprepiophis (1)
Farancia (1)
Ficimia (southern hook-nosed snakes) (1)
Fowlea (1)
Geophis (1)
Hebius (1)
Helicops (3)
Hemorrhois (1)
Herpetoreas (1)
Heterodon (2)
Hierophis (1)
Hydrodynastes (1)
Hypsiglena (1)
Hypsirhynchus (1)
Lampropeltis (kingsnakes and milk snakes) (7)
Leptodeira (3)
Leptophis (parrot snakes) (1)
Liodytes (1)
Lycodon (wolf snakes) (3)
Lygophis (3)
Masticophis (3)
Mastigodryas (tropical racers) (2)
Mussurana (1)
Natrix (3)
Nerodia (6)
Oligodon (Kukri snakes) (2)
Oocatochus (1)
Opheodrys (rough green snake) (1)
Oxybelis (vine snakes) (1)
Oxyrhopus (2)
Palusophis (1)
Pantherophis (2)
Philodryas (4)
Philothamnus (African green snakes) (1)
Phyllorhynchus (leaf-nosed snakes) (1)
Pituophis (bullsnakes, gopher snakes, and pine snakes) (4) (Attributes)
Platyceps (2)
Pseudelaphe (1)
Pseudoboa (1)
Ptyas (Indian rat snakes) (3)
Regina (1)
Rhabdophis (2)
Rhinobothryum (banded snakes) (1)
Rhinocheilus (long-nosed snakes) (1)
Salvadora (patch-nosed snakes) (1)
Senticolis (green rat snake) (1)
Siphlophis (2)
Sonora (North American ground snakes) (2)
Sordellina (1)
Spalerosophis (diadem snakes) (1)
Spilotes (tropical rat snake) (1)
Storeria (3)
Tachymenis (1)
Taeniophallus (1)
Tantilla (black-headed snakes and centipede snakes) (2)
Telescopus (tiger snakes) (1)
Thamnodynastes (1)
Thamnophis (13)
Toxicodryas (1)
Tretanorhinus (1)
Trimerodytes (1)
Uromacer (1)
Xenodon (4)
Xenopholis (1)
Xenoxybelis (1)
Zamenis (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0