Boigidae
plural noun
Bo·i·gi·dae
bōˈijə̇ˌdē
: a widely distributed family (type genus Boiga) consisting of somewhat venomous opisthoglyph snakes of which a few (such as the African boomslang) are dangerous to humans and being sometimes considered a subfamily of Colubridae see cat snake
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Boiga boiga + -idae -idae