Colubrid Snakes
Colubridae
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.
13 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 2,173 known species
Natricine Snakes
subfamilyNatricinae
Colubrine Snakes
subfamilyColubrinae
Dipsadine Snakes
subfamilyDipsadinae
Asia-Pacific Whipsnakes
subfamilyChrysopeleinae
Reed Snakes
subfamilyCalamariinae
Many-toothed and Neckband Snakes
subfamilySibynophiinae
Bamboo Snakes
subfamilyPseudoxenodontinae
African Water Snakes
subfamilyGrayiinae
Sunda Mountain Snakes
genusElapoidis
Lycognathophis
genusLycognathophis
Oreocalamus
genusOreocalamus
Tetralepis
genusTetralepis
Yakacoatl tlalli
speciesYakacoatl tlalli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26504.