Colubridae
The largest family of snakes comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae, Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating habits, from eating almost anything to having a specialized diet. They can be oviparous, ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are colubrines. Among the colubrids are king snakes, water snakes, and garter snakes. Some genera are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp321-29)
Year introduced: 1994
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Subheadings:
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.750
MeSH Unique ID: D017812
Registry Number: txid8578
Entry Terms:
- Colubrid Snakes
- Colubrid Snake
- Snake, Colubrid
- Lampropeltis
- King Snake
- King Snakes
- Snake, King
- Water Snake
- Snake, Water
- Water Snakes
- Natrix
- Thamnophis
- Garter Snake
- Garter Snakes
- Snake, Garter
- Colubrinae
- Toxicodryas
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