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Definition of Family colubridae
1. Noun. Nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Ophidia, Serpentes, Suborder Ophidia, Suborder Serpentes
Member holonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake, Carphophis, Genus Carphophis, Diadophis, Genus Diadophis, Genus Heterodon, Heterodon, Genus Phyllorhynchus, Phyllorhynchus, Genus Opheodrys, Opheodrys, Chlorophis, Genus Chlorophis, Coluber, Genus Coluber, Genus Masticophis, Masticophis, Elaphe, Genus Elaphe, Genus Ptyas, Ptyas, Arizona, Genus Arizona, Genus Pituophis, Pituophis, Genus Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis, Genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis, Genus Tropidoclonion, Tropidoclonion, Genus Sonora, Sonora, Genus Potamophis, Potamophis, Genus Haldea, Haldea, Genus Natrix, Natrix, Genus Nerodia, Nerodia, Genus Storeria, Storeria, Chilomeniscus, Genus Chilomeniscus, Genus Tantilla, Tantilla, Genus Oxybelis, Oxybelis, Genus Trimorphodon, Trimorphodon, Genus Hypsiglena, Hypsiglena, Drymarchon, Genus Drymarchon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Colubridae
Literary usage of Family colubridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"family colubridae. "Harmless Snakes." The species belonging to this family are
not all harmless, but so far as the family is represented in this state, ..."
2. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"... those which swallow their prey directly are the non-venomous snakes, and are
represented in both England and North America by the family COLUBRIDAE. ..."
3. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"The family Colubridae includes many species which habitually reside among trees;
and these are, for the most part, distinguished by the brilliancy of their ..."
4. Serpientes de Costa Rica: Distribución, taxonomía e historia natural= snakes by Alejandro Solórzano L. (2004)
"... and Viperidae), which are discussed in the following section, possess venomous
species that potentially affect humans: family colubridae: These snakes ..."
5. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"... of the Cobras and their allies to the harmless snakes, it is necessary to
present a tabulated classification of the family colubridae and its divisions. ..."
6. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter (1857)
"The family Colubridae includes many species which habitually reside among trees;
and these are, for the most part, distinguished by the brilliancy of their ..."
7. A Revision of the King Snakes: Genus Lampropeltis by Frank Nelson Blanchard (1921)
"... by Baird and Girard (1853, 82), belongs to the family Colubridae. It was
separated in 1860 by Cope (254) from the ..."
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