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Colubridae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living speciesfamily Colubridaereptile family - a family of reptilesOphidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakescolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesCarphophis, genus Carphophis - thunder snakeDiadophis, genus Diadophis - a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakesgenus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakesgenus Phyllorhynchus, Phyllorhynchus - leaf-nosed snakesgenus Opheodrys, Opheodrys - North American green snakesChlorophis, genus Chlorophis - African green snakesColuber, genus Coluber - racersgenus Masticophis, Masticophis - whip snakesElaphe, genus Elaphe - North American rat snakesgenus Ptyas, Ptyas - Asian rat snakesgenus Arizona, Arizona - glossy snakegenus Pituophis, Pituophis - bull snakesgenus Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis - king snakes and milk snakesgenus Thamnophis, Thamnophis - garter snakesgenus Tropidoclonion, Tropidoclonion - lined snakesgenus Sonora, Sonora - ground snakesgenus Potamophis, Potamophis - ground snakesgenus Haldea, Haldea - ground snakesgenus Natrix, Natrix - water snakes; a cosmopolitan genusgenus Nerodia, Nerodia - North American water snakesgenus Storeria, Storeria - a genus of ColubridaeChilomeniscus, genus Chilomeniscus - sand snakesgenus Tantilla, Tantilla - black-headed snakesgenus Oxybelis, Oxybelis - vine snakesgenus Trimorphodon, Trimorphodon - lyre snakesgenus Hypsiglena, Hypsiglena - night snakesDrymarchon, genus Drymarchon - a genus of Colubridae |
Colubridae
Colubridae[kə′lü·brə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) A family of cosmopolitan snakes in the order Squamata. Colubridae a family of reptiles of the order Serpentes, or Ophidia. The body measures up to 3Vi m in length. Numerous teeth are situated on the maxillary, dentary, pterygoid, and palatine bones. Some colubrids have grooved poison fangs on the rear portion of the maxillary bone, behind the nonpoisonous teeth. Only the right lung is developed; the left one is absent or rudimentary. The coloring of Colubridae is often variegated, with vivid multicolor markings. There are approximately 300 genera, with 1,500 species widely distributed on all continents except Antarctica. The USSR has 42 species in 15 genera, including Natrix (true water snakes), Coluber, Lycodon, Coronelía (in the USSR a single species, the smooth snake [C. austríaca]), Boiga, Malopon, Telescopus, Psammophis, and Eirenis. Colubridae may be terrestrial, arboreal, semiaquatic, or aquatic. Large species feed on fish, amphibians, lizards, other snakes, birds and their eggs, and small mammals, while small ones eat various invertebrates, including mollusks and earthworms. The snakes usually suffocate their prey by biting it and then coiling themselves around it, but they sometimes eat it alive. Some Colubridae kill their prey by poison, which they inject by means of enlarged, grooved fangs. The bites of certain species of Colubridae, such as the boomslang, may be fatal to humans. The majority of Colubridae are oviparous, but some are ovoviviparous. The genus Natrix includes approximately 20 species, of which the USSR has two: N. natrix, which has crescent-shaped markings on the head, and N. tessellata. REFERENCESTerent’ev, P. V., and S. A. Chernov. Opredelitel’ presmykaiushchikhsia i zemnovodnykh, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1949.
Zhizn’ zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 2. Moscow, 1969.I. S. DAREVSKII Colubridae
Col·u·bri·dae (kol-yū'bri-dē), A family of largely nonpoisonous or mildly poisonous snakes comprising over 1000 species, found in North and South America, Asia, and Africa. [L. coluber, serpent] Colubridae (kŏ-loo′-brĭ-dē) The largest family of snakes, widely distributed around the world; a small number with fangs at the rear of their mouths are mildly venomous.Colubridae
Related to Colubridae: Viperidae, snakes, ElapidaeSynonyms for Colubridaenoun nonvenomous snakesSynonymsRelated Words- reptile family
- Ophidia
- Serpentes
- suborder Ophidia
- suborder Serpentes
- colubrid
- colubrid snake
- Carphophis
- genus Carphophis
- Diadophis
- genus Diadophis
- genus Heterodon
- Heterodon
- genus Phyllorhynchus
- Phyllorhynchus
- genus Opheodrys
- Opheodrys
- Chlorophis
- genus Chlorophis
- Coluber
- genus Coluber
- genus Masticophis
- Masticophis
- Elaphe
- genus Elaphe
- genus Ptyas
- Ptyas
- genus Arizona
- Arizona
- genus Pituophis
- Pituophis
- genus Lampropeltis
- Lampropeltis
- genus Thamnophis
- Thamnophis
- genus Tropidoclonion
- Tropidoclonion
- genus Sonora
- Sonora
- genus Potamophis
- Potamophis
- genus Haldea
- Haldea
- genus Natrix
- Natrix
- genus Nerodia
- Nerodia
- genus Storeria
- Storeria
- Chilomeniscus
- genus Chilomeniscus
- genus Tantilla
- Tantilla
- genus Oxybelis
- Oxybelis
- genus Trimorphodon
- Trimorphodon
- genus Hypsiglena
- Hypsiglena
- Drymarchon
- genus Drymarchon
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