.::::: Snakes of the World - Colubridae :::::.
Last update: 8 June, 2004

The colubrids are the family with the widest variety of species, counting approximately 90% of all the worlds species. Below you will find the subfamilies and genura recognized.

Boaedontinae
Bothrolycus
Bothrophthalmus
Buhoma
Chamaelycus
Cryptolycus
Dendrolycus
Dipsina
Dromicodryas
Dromophis
Duberria
Gonionotophis
Grayia
Hormonotus
Lamprophis
Lycodonomorphus
Lycophidion
Macroprotodon
Mehelya
Montaspis
Pseudaspis
Pseudoboodon
Pythonodipsas
Scaphiophis
 
Calamariinae
Calamaria
Calamorhabdium
Collorhabdium
Etheridgeum
Macrocalamus
Pseudorabdion
Rabdion
 
Colubrinae
Aeluroglena
Ahaetulla
Argyrogena
Arizona
Bogertophis
Boiga
Cemophora
Chilomeniscus
Chionactis
Chironius
Chrysopelea
Coelognathus
Coluber
Conopsis
Coronella
Crotaphopeltis
Cryptophidion
Cyclophiops
Dasypeltis
Dendrelaphis
Dendrophidion
Dinodon
Dipsadoboa
Dispholidus
Dryadophis
Drymarchon
Drymobius
Drymoluber
Dryocalamus
Dryophiops
Eirenis
Elachistodon
Elaphe
Euprepiophis
Exallodontophis
Ficimia
Gastropyxis
Geagras
Gonyophis
Gonyosoma
Gyalopion
Hapsidophrys
Lampropeltis
Leptodrymus
Leptophis
Lepturophis
Liopeltis
Lycodon
Lycognathophis
Lytorhynchus
Masticophis
Mastigodryas
Meizodon
Oligodon
Opheodrys
Oreophis
Orthriophis
Oxybelis
Pantherophis
Philothamnus
Phyllorhynchus
Pituophis
Prosymna
Pseudocyclophis
Pseudoficimia
Pseustes
Ptyas
Rhamnophis
Rhinechis
Rhinobothryum
Rhinocheilus
Rhynchocalamus
Rhynchophis
Salvadora
Scaphiodontophis
Scolecophis
Senticolis
Sibynophis
Simophis
Sonora
Spalerosophis
Spilotes
Stegonotus
Stenorrhina
Stilosoma
Symphimus
Sympholis
Tantilla
Tantillita
Telescopus
Thelotornis
Thrasops
Trimorphodon
Xenelaphis
Zamenis
Zaocys
 
Dipsadinae
Adelphicos
Amastridium
Atractus
Calamodontophis
Carphophis
Chersodromus
Coniophanes
Contia
Crisantophis
Cryophis
Diadophis
Diaphorolepis
Dipsas
Echinanthera
Emmochliophis
Enuliophis
Enulius
Eridiphas
Geophis
Gomesophis
Hydromorphus
Hypsiglena
Imantodes
Leptodeira
Ninia
Nothopsis
Pliocercus
Pseudoleptodeira
Pseudotomodon
Ptychophis
Rhadinaea
Rhadinophanes
Sibon
Sibynomorphus
Synophis
Tachymenis
Taeniophallus
Tantalophis
Thamnodynastes
Tomodon
Tretanorhinus
Trimetopon
Tropidodipsas
Urotheca
Xenopholis
 
Homalopsinae
Bitia
Brachyorrhos
Cantoria
Cerberus
Enhydris
Erpeton
Fordonia
Gerardia
Heurnia
Homalopsis
Myron
 
Natricinae
Adelophis
Afronatrix
Amphiesma
Ampiesmoides
Amplorhinus
Anoplophydrus
Aspidura
Atretium
Balanophis
Clonophis
Hologerrhum
Hydrablabes
Hydraethiops
Iguanognathus
Limnophis
Macropisthodon
Natriciteres
Natrix
Nerodia
Opisthotropis
Parahelicops
Pararhabdophis
Psammodynastes
Regina
Rhabdophis
Seminatrix
Sinonatrix
Storeria
Thamnophis
Tropidoclonion
Tropidonophis
Virginia
Xenochrophis
 
Pareatinae
Aplopeltura
Internatus
Pareas
 
Psammophinae
Hemirhagerrhis
Malpolon
Mimophis
Psammophis
Psammophylax
Rhamphiophis
 
Pseudoxenodontinae
Plagiopholis
Pseudoxenodon
 
Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Alluadina
Brygophis
Compsophis
Ditypophis
Geodipsas
Heteroliodon
Ithycyphus
Langaha
Leioheterodon
Liophidium
Liopholidophis
Lycodryas
Madagascarophis
Micropisthodon
Pararhadinaea
Pseudoxyrhopus
Stenophis
 
Xenodermatinae
Achalinus
Fimbrios
Oxyrhabdium
Stoliczkaia
Xenodermus
Xylophis
 
Xenodontinae
Alsophis
Antillophis
Apostolepis
Arrhyton
Boiruna
Cercophis
Clelia
Conophis
Darlingtonia
Ditaxodon
Drepanoides
Elapomorphus
Erythrolamprus
Farancia
Helicops
Heterodon
Hydrodynastes
Hydrops
Hypsirhynchus
Ialtris
Lioheterophis
Liophis
Lystrophis
Manolepis
Oxyrhopus
Phalotris
Philodryas
Phimophis
Pseudablabes
Pseudoboa
Pseudoeryx
Psomophis
Rhachidelus
Saphenophis
Siphlophis
Sordellina
Tropidodryas
Umbrivaga
Uromacer
Uromacerina
Waglerophis
Xenodon
Xenoxybelis
 
Incertae sedis
Agrophis
Blythia
Cercaspis
Chapinophis
Choristocalamus
Cyclocorus
Elapoidis
Elapomojus
Eurypholis
Excelencophis
Geatractus
Gongylosoma
Haplocercus
Haplonodon
Helophis
Hemerophis
Hurria
Hypotophis
Macropophis
Myersophis
Omoadiphas
Oreocalamus
Padangia
Poecilopholis
Procinura
Pseudagkistrodon
Rhabdops
Rhabdophidium
Rhadinella
Scopelophis
Tetralepis
Thermophis
Trachischium
Typhlogeophis
Literature

Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the museum of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. III. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 553-566.

Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of colubrine snakes in the collection of the British Museum. London, xvi + 281 pp.
Murphy, J.C. & H.K. Voris. 1994. A key to the Homalopsinae snakes. Snake, 26(2):123-133.
Weinstein, S.A. & L.A. Smith. 1993. Chromatographic Profiles and Properties of Duvernoy’s Secretions from some Boigine and Dispholidine Colubrids. Herpetologica, 49(1): 78-94.