Colubrinae

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
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genera (92): Aeluroglena – Aprosdoketophis – Archelaphe – Argyrogena – Arizona – Bamanophis – Bogertophis – Boiga – Cemophora – Chapinophis – Chironius – Coelognathus – Coluber – Conopsis – Coronella – Crotaphopeltis – Dasypeltis – Dendrophidion – Dipsadoboa – Dispholidus – Dolichophis – Drymarchon – Drymobius – Drymoluber – Eirenis – Elaphe – Euprepiophis – Ficimia – Geagras – Gonyosoma – Gyalopion – Hapsidophrys – Hemerophis – Hemorrhois – Hierophis – Lampropeltis – Leptodrymus – Leptophis – Liopeltis – Lycodon – Lytorhynchus – Macroprotodon – Masticophis – Mastigodryas – Meizodon – Mopanveldophis – Muhtarophis – Oligodon – Oocatochus – Opheodrys – Oreocryptophis – Orientocoluber – Oxybelis – Palusophis – Pantherophis – Persiophis – Philothamnus – Phrynonax – Phyllorhynchus – Pituophis – Platyceps – Pseudelaphe – Pseudoficimia – Ptyas – Rhamnophis – Rhinobothryum – Rhinocheilus – Rhynchocalamus – Salvadora – Scaphiophis – Scolecophis – Senticolis – Simophis – Sonora – Spalerosophis – Spilotes – Stegonotus – Stenorrhina – Symphimus – Sympholis – Tantilla – Tantillita – Telescopus – Thelotornis – Thrasops – Toxicodryas – Trimorphodon – Wallaceophis – Wallophis – Xenelaphis – Xyelodontophis – Zamenis

Name

Colubrinae Oppel, 1811

Type genus: Coluber Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

Oppel, M. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: München. XII + 86 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page.
Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Utiger, U., Schätti, B. & Helfenberger, N. 2005. The Oriental colubrine genus Coelognathus Fitzinger, 1843 and classification of Old and New World racers and ratsnakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 39–60. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-1-39-60 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Schulz, K.-D., Böhme, W. & Tillack, F. 2011. Hemipenis Morphology of Coronella bella Stanley, 1917 with Comments on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues of Ratsnakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae: Elaphe Auct.). Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 273–283. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-4-273–283 Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç., Rajabizadeh, M., Yılmaz, C., Üzüm, N., Adriaens, D., Kumlutaş, Y. & Olgun, K. 2015. Molecular Phylogeny and Micro CT-Scanning Revealed Extreme Cryptic Biodiversity in Kukri Snake, Muhtarophis gen. nov., a New Genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 159–174. Abstract and Full article (PDF) 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.
Mirza, Z.A., Vyas, R., Patel, H., Maheta, J. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0148380. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148380 Reference page.
Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017 Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A. & Patel, H. 2018. Back from the dead! Resurrection and revalidation of the Indian endemic snake genus Wallophis Werner, 1929 (Squamata: Colubridae) insights from molecular data. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 29(3): 331–334. DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2016.1278536 Reference page.
Rajabizadeh, M., Pyron, R.A., Nazarov, R., Poyarkov, N.A., Adriaens, D. & Herrel, A. 2020. Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae). PeerJ 8: e9016. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9016 Reference page.
Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Eigentliche Nattern
English: Advanced Snakes
suomi: Varsinaiset tarhakäärmeet
ไทย: วงศ์ย่อยงูเขียว

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