The Colubridae (frae Laitin coluber, snake) are a faimily o snakes. Wi 304 genera an 1,938 species,[citation needit] Colubridae is the lairgest snake faimily, an includes aboot twa-thirds o aw current snake species. The earliest species o the faimily date back tae the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid species are foond on every continent except Antarctica.[1]
Sibynophiinae – 11 speshies in twa genera
Natricinae – 237 speshies in 35 genera (whiles given as faimily Natricidae)
Pseudoxenodontinae – 10 species in two genera
Dipsadinae – 782 speshies in 96 genera (whiles gien as faimily Dipsadidae)
Grayiinae – 4 speshies in one genus
Calamariinae – 89 speshies in seven genera
Ahaetuliinae – 61 speshies in fower genera
Colubrinae – 703 speshies in 94 genera
genera incertae sedis (nae currently placed in a subfaimily, uisually acause o the absence o genetic data, but suspectit tae be colubrids based on morphology)
The Colubridae (frae Laitin coluber, snake) are a faimily o snakes. Wi 304 genera an 1,938 species,[citation needit] Colubridae is the lairgest snake faimily, an includes aboot twa-thirds o aw current snake species. The earliest species o the faimily date back tae the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid species are foond on every continent except Antarctica.
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