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Colubridae

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Also known as Colubrids, colubrid snake

Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from , 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Colubridae is a family of reptiles within the order Squamata, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is classified under the suborder Colubroidea and follows the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Its scientific name was established by Oppel in 1811, and it is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Common names for this group include colubrids, snoker, Nattern, Ужеобразные, and goži.

Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The taxon has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Various databases record extensive data on Colubridae, including 2,444,523 occurrence records, 1,612 PubMed entries, and 3,145 iDigBio records. The latter dataset includes 90 media items from institutions such as USNM, FHSM, CM, SDNHM, and UTEP, with records primarily from the United States.

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Species

colubrids

Colubridae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. OrderSquamata
  5. FamilyColubridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded2,444,523

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,145
With media
90
Family
Colubridae
Collections
USNM, FHSM, CM, SDNHM, UTEP
Recorded in
United States
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Research

1,612 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Colubroidea
Image
Natrix natrix (Marek Szczepanek).jpg
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Commons category
Colubridae
taxon name
Colubridae
taxon rank
family
Code of nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
topic's main category
Category:Colubridae
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Colubridae
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
taxon common name
snokar
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Reproduction
  • Classification
  • Current subfamilies
  • Former subfamilies
  • Fossil record
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from , 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.

==Description== Colubrids are a very diverse group of snakes. They can exhibit many different body styles, body sizes, colours, and patterns. They can also live in many different types of habitats including aquatic, terrestrial, semi-arboreal, arboreal, desert, mountainous forests, semi-fossorial, and brackish waters. A primarily shy and harmless group of snakes, the vast majority of colubrids are not venomous, nor do most colubrids produce venom that is medically impactful to mammals. However, the bites of some can escalate quickly to emergency situations. Furthermore, within the Colubridae, the South African boomslang and twig snakes, as well as the Asian keelback snakes (Rhabdophis sp.) have long been notorious for inflicting the worst bites on humans, with the most confirmed fatalities.

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