family Colubridae

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family Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species Colubridae reptile family - a family of reptiles Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes Carphophis, genus Carphophis - thunder snake Diadophis, genus Diadophis - a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes genus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes genus Phyllorhynchus, Phyllorhynchus - leaf-nosed snakes genus Opheodrys, Opheodrys - North American green snakes Chlorophis, genus Chlorophis - African green snakes Coluber, genus Coluber - racers genus Masticophis, Masticophis - whip snakes Elaphe, genus Elaphe - North American rat snakes genus Ptyas, Ptyas - Asian rat snakes genus Arizona, Arizona - glossy snake genus Pituophis, Pituophis - bull snakes genus Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis - king snakes and milk snakes genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis - garter snakes genus Tropidoclonion, Tropidoclonion - lined snakes genus Sonora, Sonora - ground snakes genus Potamophis, Potamophis - ground snakes genus Haldea, Haldea - ground snakes genus Natrix, Natrix - water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus genus Nerodia, Nerodia - North American water snakes genus Storeria, Storeria - a genus of Colubridae Chilomeniscus, genus Chilomeniscus - sand snakes genus Tantilla, Tantilla - black-headed snakes genus Oxybelis, Oxybelis - vine snakes genus Trimorphodon, Trimorphodon - lyre snakes genus Hypsiglena, Hypsiglena - night snakes Drymarchon, genus Drymarchon - a genus of Colubridae