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The Colubrinae are a subfamily of snakes within the family Colubridae. It includes numerous genera, and although taxonomic sources often disagree on the exact number, the Reptile Database lists 717 species in 92 genera as of September 2019. [2] It is the second largest subfamily of colubrids, after Dipsadinae. [2]
Most Colubridae are oviparous (mode of reproduction where an egg is produced that will later hatch) with clutch size varying by size and species of snake. However, certain species of snakes from the subfamilies of Natricinae and Colubrinae are viviparous (mode of reproduction where young are live birthed). These viviparous species can birth ...
The Colubroides are a clade in the suborder Serpentes (). [3] It contains over 85% of all the extant species of snakes. [4] [3] [5] The largest family is Colubridae, but it also includes at least six other families, [3] [6] at least four of which were once classified as "Colubridae" before molecular phylogenetics helped in understanding their relationships.
Colubroidea is a superfamily of snakes in the clade Colubroides that includes Colubridae, with some studies splitting Colubridae into multiple families that make up Colubroidea.
There are 11 widely recognized species in the genus Oxybelis. [3] Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) – Mexican vine snake; Oxybelis brevirostris (Cope, 1861) – Cope's vine snake; Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803) – green vine snake; Oxybelis inkaterra Jadin, Jowers, Orlofske, Duellman, Blair, & Murphy, 2021 – Inkaterra vine snake
Macroprotodon contains four species. [2] M. abubakeri Wade, 2001; M. brevis (Günther, 1862) – western false smooth snake; M. cucullatus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – false smooth snake; M. mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850; Some authorities have considered some of these species to be subspecies of the other species. [3]
The genus Leptophis belongs to the subfamily Colubrinae, of the family Colubridae. The species relationships within Leptophis can be shown in the cladogram below, with possible paraphyletic species identified: [2]
Scientific classification; Domain: ... Subfamily: Colubrinae: Genus: Hapsidophrys Fischer, 1856: Hapsidophrys is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. [1] Species