English > Colubridae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species. |
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| Synonym | family Colubridae |
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| Member of | Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia | snakes |
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| Members | Arizona, genus Arizona | glossy snake |
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| Carphophis, genus Carphophis | thunder snake |
| Chilomeniscus, genus Chilomeniscus | sand snakes |
| Chlorophis, genus Chlorophis | African green snakes |
| Coluber, genus Coluber | racers |
| Diadophis, genus Diadophis | A genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes |
| Drymarchon, genus Drymarchon | A genus of Colubridae |
| Elaphe, genus Elaphe | North American rat snakes |
| Haldea, genus Haldea | ground snakes |
| Heterodon, genus Heterodon | A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes |
| Hypsiglena, genus Hypsiglena | night snakes |
| Lampropeltis, genus Lampropeltis | king snakes and milk snakes |
| Masticophis, genus Masticophis | whip snakes |
| Natrix, genus Natrix | water snakes |
| Nerodia, genus Nerodia | North American water snakes |
| Opheodrys, genus Opheodrys | North American green snakes |
| Oxybelis, genus Oxybelis | vine snakes |
| Phyllorhynchus, genus Phyllorhynchus | leaf-nosed snakes |
| Pituophis, genus Pituophis | bull snakes |
| Potamophis, genus Potamophis | ground snakes |
| Ptyas, genus Ptyas | Asian rat snakes |
| Sonora, genus Sonora | ground snakes |
| Storeria, genus Storeria | A genus of Colubridae |
| Tantilla, genus Tantilla | black-headed snakes |
| Thamnophis, genus Thamnophis | garter snakes |
| Trimorphodon, genus Trimorphodon | lyre snakes |
| Tropidoclonion, genus Tropidoclonion | lined snakes |
| colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
| Broader | reptile family | A family of reptiles |
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| Spanish | colúbridos |
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| Catalan | Colubridae, Colúbrid, colúbrids |
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