Colubrid
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 Caspian Whipsnake
Coluber (Dolichophis) caspius |
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Boodontinae |
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. A colubrid's body is almost completely covered in scales. 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, 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. The Colubrids are certainly not a natural group, as many are more closely related to other groups, such as elapids, than to each other. This family has classically been a dumping ground for snakes that don't fit anywhere else. There is on-going mitochondrial DNA research which will sort out the familial relations within this group.
[edit] Selected species
- Queen snake
- Common Keelback
- King Snake
- Milk Snake
- Corn Snake
- Bull Snake
- Fox Snake
- Rat Snake
- Garter Snake
- Hognose Snake
- Indigo snake
- Smooth Snake
- Water Snake
- Mussurana
- House snake
- Brown snake
[edit] Classification
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 - nearly 100 genera
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 - about 10 genera
Subfamily Natricinae - around 30 genera
Subfamily Pareatinae - 3 genera
Subfamily Psammophiinae
- Hemirhagerrhis
- Malpolon
- Mimophis
- Psammophis
- Psammophylax
- Rhamphiophis
Subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae
- Plagiopholis
- Pseudoxenodon
Subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae - about 20 genera
Subfamily Xenodermatinae
- Achalinus
- Fimbrios
- Oxyrhabdium
- Stoliczkaia
- Xenodermus
- Xylophis
Subfamily Xenodontinae - some 55-60 genera
- Blythia
- Cercaspis
- Cyclocorus
- Elapoidis
- Gongylosoma
- Haplocercus
- Helophis
- Myersophis
- Omoadiphas (recently discovered)
- Oreocalamus
- Poecilopholis
- Rhabdops
- Tetralepis
- Thermophis
- Trachischium
