Colubridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamiliae (8): Ahaetuliinae – Colubrinae – Calamariinae – Dipsadinae – Grayiinae – Natricinae – Pseudoxenodontinae – Sibynophiinae

Overview of genera

Adelophis – Aeluroglena – Afronatrix – Ahaetulla – Amphiesma – Amphiesmoides – Anoplohydrus – Aprosdoketophis – Archelaphe – Argyrogena – Arizona – Aspidura – Atractus – Atretium – Bamanophis – Bogertophis – Boiga – Calamaria – Calamorhabdium – Cemophora – Chapinophis – Chironius – Chrysopelea – Clonophis – Coelognathus – Collorhabdium – Coluber – Conopsis – Coronella – Crotaphopeltis – Cryophis – Dasypeltis – Dendrelaphis – Dendrophidion – Dipsadoboa – Dispholidus – Dolichophis – Drymarchon – Drymobius – Drymoluber – Dryophiops – Eirenis – Elaphe – Elapoidis – Eridiphas – Etheridgeum – Euprepiophis – Ficimia – Fowlea – Geagras – Geophis – Gonyosoma – Grayia – Gyalopion – Haldea – Hapsidophrys – Hebius – Helophis – Hemerophis – Hemorrhois – Herpetoreas – Hierophis – Hydrablabes – Hydraethiops – Hypsiglena – Iguanognathus – Imantodes – Isanophis – Lampropeltis – Leptodeira – Leptodrymus – Leptophis – Limnophis – Liodytes – Liopeltis – Lycodon – Lycognathophis – Lytorhynchus – Macrocalamus – Macroprotodon – Masticophis – Mastigodryas – Meizodon – Mopanveldophis – Muhtarophis – Natriciteres – Natrix – Nerodia – Ninia – Nothopsis – Oligodon – Oocatochus – Opheodrys – Opisthotropis – Oreocryptophis – Orientocoluber – Oxybelis – Palusophis – Pantherophis – Paratapinophis – Persiophis – Philothamnus – Phrynonax – Phyllorhynchus – Pituophis – Plagiopholis – Platyceps – Proahaetulla – Pseudagkistrodon – Pseudelaphe – Pseudoficimia – Pseudoleptodeira – Pseudorabdion – Pseudoxenodon – Ptyas – Rabdion – Regina – Rhabdophis – Rhabdops – Rhamnophis – Rhinobothryum – Rhinocheilus – Rhynchocalamus – Sahyadriophis – Salvadora – Scaphiodontophis – Scaphiophis – Scolecophis – Senticolis – Sibon – Sibynophis – Simophis – Smithophis – Sonora – Spalerosophis – Spilotes – Stegonotus – Stenorrhina – Storeria – Symphimus – Sympholis – Tantilla – Tantillita – Telescopus – Thamnophis – Thelotornis – Thrasops – Toxicodryas – Trachischium – Tretanorhinus – Trimerodytes – Trimetopon – Trimorphodon – Tropidoclonion – Tropidonophis – Virginia – Wallaceophis – Wallophis – Xenelaphis – Xenochrophis – Xyelodontophis – Zamenis

Name

Colubridae Oppel, 1811: 50, 69

Type genus: Coluber Linnaeus, 1758.

References

Primary references

Oppel, N.M. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: Munich. 86 pp. BHL

Additional references

Zaher, H. 1999. Hemipenial morphology of the South American Xenodontine snakes, with a proposal for a monophyletic Xenodontinae and a reappraisal of colubroid hemipenes. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 240: 1–168
Zug, G.R., Vitt, L.J. & Caldwell, J.P. 2001. Herpetology, 2nd ed. Academic Press San Diego, London.
Vidal, N., Delmas, A.-S., David, P., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. The phylogeny and classification of caenophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear protein-coding genes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330(2): 182–187. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.10.001 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T. & Wiens, J.J. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(93): 1–53. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Zheng, Y. & Wiens, J.J. 2016. Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(Part B): 537–547. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.009 Reference page.
Figueiroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D. & Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0161070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 Reference page.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Cullebra
беларуская: Вужовыя
català: Colúbrid
čeština: Užovkovití
Deutsch: Nattern
emiliàn e rumagnòl: Bessa
English: Colubrid
español: Culebras
suomi: Tarhakäärmeet
français: Colubridés
עברית: זעמניים
hrvatski: Guževi
Bahasa Indonesia: Colubridae
italiano: Saettone
日本語: ナミヘビ科
ქართული: ანკარასებრნი
lietuvių: Žaltiniai
македонски: Смокови
ဘာသာမန်: ဇြုံသ္ၚိ, ဇြံုရပ်ကၞိ
Nederlands: Gladde slangen
norsk: Snoker
polski: Połozowate
português: Colubridae
русский: Ужеобразные
svenska: Snokar
ไทย: วงศ์งูพิษเขี้ยวหลัง
українська: Вужеві
Tiếng Việt: Họ Rắn nước
中文: 新蛇下目