Colubridae

Classification

Genera in Colubridae

• Atractus — 152 species: Atractus aboiporu, Atractus acheronius, Atractus akerios, Atractus albuquerquei, Atractus alphonsehogei, Atractus altagratiae, Atractus alytogrammus, Atractus andinus
• Oligodon — 92 species: Oligodon affinis, Oligodon albocinctus, Oligodon ancorus, Oligodon annamensis, Oligodon annulifer, Oligodon arenarius, Oligodon arnensis, Oligodon barroni
• Lycodon — 74 species: Lycodon albofuscus, Lycodon alcalai, Lycodon anakradaya, Lycodon anamallensis, Lycodon aulicus, Lycodon banksi, Lycodon bibonius, Lycodon butleri
• Calamaria — 68 species: Calamaria abramovi, Calamaria abstrusa, Calamaria acutirostris, Calamaria albiventer, Calamaria alcalai, Calamaria alidae, Calamaria andersoni, Calamaria apraeocularis
• Tantilla — 67 species: Tantilla albiceps, Tantilla alticola, Tantilla andinista, Tantilla armillata, Tantilla atriceps, Tantilla bairdi, Tantilla berguidoi, Tantilla bocourti
• Dipsas — 58 species: Dipsas albifrons, Dipsas alternans, Dipsas andiana, Dipsas aparatiritos, Dipsas articulata, Dipsas baliomelas, Dipsas bicolor, Dipsas bobridgelyi
• Erythrolamprus — 57 species: Erythrolamprus aenigma, Erythrolamprus aesculapii, Erythrolamprus albertguentheri, Erythrolamprus albiventris, Erythrolamprus almadensis, Erythrolamprus andinus, Erythrolamprus atraventer, Erythrolamprus bizona
• Geophis — 51 species: Geophis anocularis, Geophis bellus, Geophis betaniensis, Geophis bicolor, Geophis blanchardi, Geophis brachycephalus, Geophis cancellatus, Geophis carinosus
• Hebius — 50 species: Hebius andreae, Hebius annamensis, Hebius arquus, Hebius atemporalis, Hebius beddomei, Hebius bitaeniatus, Hebius boulengeri, Hebius celebicus
• Boiga — 49 species: Boiga andamanensis, Boiga angulata, Boiga barnesii, Boiga beddomei, Boiga bengkuluensis, Boiga bourreti, Boiga buruensis, Boiga ceylonensis
• Dendrelaphis — 49 species: Dendrelaphis andamanensis, Dendrelaphis ashoki, Dendrelaphis bifrenalis, Dendrelaphis biloreatus, Dendrelaphis binhi, Dendrelaphis calligaster, Dendrelaphis caudolineatus, Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
• Coluber — 45 species: Coluber alternans, Coluber anceps, Coluber arboreus, Coluber arctiventris, Coluber arges, Coluber atratus, Coluber bilineatus, Coluber cadurci
• Apostolepis — 38 species: Apostolepis adhara, Apostolepis albicollaris, Apostolepis alphonsehogei, Apostolepis ambiniger, Apostolepis arenaria, Apostolepis assimilis, Apostolepis borellii, Apostolepis breviceps
• Thamnophis — 35 species: Thamnophis atratus, Thamnophis bogerti, Thamnophis brachystoma, Thamnophis butleri, Thamnophis chrysocephalus, Thamnophis conanti, Thamnophis couchii, Thamnophis cyrtopsis
• Platyceps — 31 species: Platyceps afarensis, Platyceps atayevi, Platyceps bholanathi, Platyceps brevis, Platyceps collaris, Platyceps elegantissimus, Platyceps florulentus, Platyceps gracilis
• Rhabdophis — 30 species: Rhabdophis adleri, Rhabdophis akraios, Rhabdophis angeli, Rhabdophis auriculatus, Rhabdophis barbouri, Rhabdophis bindi, Rhabdophis callichroma, Rhabdophis callistus
• Lampropeltis — 28 species: Lampropeltis abnorma, Lampropeltis alterna, Lampropeltis annulata, Lampropeltis californiae, Lampropeltis calligaster, Lampropeltis catalinensis, Lampropeltis elapsoides, Lampropeltis extenuata
• Opisthotropis — 25 species: Opisthotropis alcalai, Opisthotropis andersonii, Opisthotropis atra, Opisthotropis cheni, Opisthotropis cucae, Opisthotropis daovantieni, Opisthotropis durandi, Opisthotropis guangxiensis
• Stegonotus — 25 species: Stegonotus admiraltiensis, Stegonotus aplini, Stegonotus aruensis, Stegonotus australis, Stegonotus ayamaru, Stegonotus batjanensis, Stegonotus borneensis, Stegonotus caligocephalus
• Elaphe — 24 species: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe anomala, Elaphe bimaculata, Elaphe cantoris, Elaphe carinata, Elaphe climacophora, Elaphe davidi, Elaphe dione
• Philothamnus — 24 species: Philothamnus angolensis, Philothamnus battersbyi, Philothamnus belli, Philothamnus bequaerti, Philothamnus brunneus, Philothamnus carinatus, Philothamnus dorsalis, Philothamnus girardi
• Chironius — 23 species: Chironius bicarinatus, Chironius brazili, Chironius carinatus, Chironius challenger, Chironius diamantina, Chironius exoletus, Chironius flavolineatus, Chironius flavopictus
• Eirenis — 23 species: Eirenis africanus, Eirenis aurolineatus, Eirenis barani, Eirenis collaris, Eirenis coronella, Eirenis coronelloides, Eirenis decemlineatus, Eirenis eiselti
• Tropidonophis — 23 species: Tropidonophis aenigmaticus, Tropidonophis cottoni, Tropidonophis dahlii, Tropidonophis dendrophiops, Tropidonophis dolasii, Tropidonophis doriae, Tropidonophis elongatus, Tropidonophis halmahericus
• Sibon — 22 species:
• Thamnodynastes — 22 species:
• Rhadinaea — 21 species:
• Rhadinella — 20 species:
• Helicops — 19 species:
• Ahaetulla — 18 species:
• Coniophanes — 17 species:
• Dasypeltis — 17 species:
• Leptodeira — 16 species:
• Phalotris — 16 species:
• Philodryas — 16 species:
• Telescopus — 16 species:
• Dendrophidion — 15 species:
• Ninia — 15 species:
• Oxyrhopus — 15 species:
• Pseudorabdion — 15 species:
• Sonora — 14 species:
• Mastigodryas — 13 species:
• Ptyas — 13 species:
• Aspidura — 12 species:
• Dipsadoboa — 12 species:
• Leptophis — 12 species:
• Natrix — 12 species:
• Xenodon — 12 species:
• Liopeltis — 11 species:
• Masticophis — 11 species:
• Nerodia — 11 species:
• Oxybelis — 11 species:
• Fowlea — 10 species:
• Hypsiglena — 10 species:
• Macrocalamus — 10 species:
• Pseudalsophis — 10 species:
• Salvadora — 10 species:
• Adelphicos — 9 species:
• Alsophis — 9 species:
• Arrhyton — 9 species:
• Pantherophis — 9 species:
• Sibynophis — 9 species:
• Synophis — 9 species:
• Taeniophallus — 9 species:
• Tropidodipsas — 9 species:
• Urotheca — 9 species:
• Coelognathus — 8 species:
• Gonyosoma — 8 species:
• Hypsirhynchus — 8 species:
• Imantodes — 8 species:
• Lygophis — 8 species:
• Clelia — 7 species:
• Conopsis — 7 species:
• Ficimia — 7 species:
• Pituophis — 7 species:
• Pseudoboa — 7 species:
• Siphlophis — 7 species:
• Trachischium — 7 species:
• Trimorphodon — 7 species:
• Zamenis — 7 species:
• Crotaphopeltis — 6 species:
• Cubophis — 6 species:
• Echinanthera — 6 species:
• Herpetoreas — 6 species:
• Lytorhynchus — 6 species:
• Natriciteres — 6 species:
• Neonatrix — 6 species:
• Pseudoxenodon — 6 species:
• Spalerosophis — 6 species:
• Texasophis — 6 species:
• Trimerodytes — 6 species:
• Trimetopon — 6 species:
• Xenochrophis — 6 species:
• Chrysopelea — 5 species:
• Drymarchon — 5 species:
• Gongylosoma — 5 species:
• Hapsidophrys — 5 species:
• Heterodon — 5 species:
• Meizodon — 5 species:
• Rhynchocalamus — 5 species:
• Saphenophis — 5 species:
• Storeria — 5 species:
• Tachymenis — 5 species:
• Thrasops — 5 species:
• Borikenophis — 4 species:
• Chersodromus — 4 species:
• Contia — 4 species:
• Coronella — 4 species:
• Dolichophis — 4 species:
• Drymobius — 4 species:
• Enulius — 4 species:
• Grayia — 4 species:
• Hemorrhois — 4 species:
• Ialtris — 4 species:
• Limnophis — 4 species:
• Macroprotodon — 4 species:
• Plagiopholis — 4 species:
• Rhinocheilus — 4 species:
• Smithophis — 4 species:
• Thelotornis — 4 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.