Colubridae
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Colubridae is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. Colubri
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Salvadora lineata mating
Two Indian rat snakes (grey and yellow)
A natricine, Thamnophis sirtalis
Colubroidea
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Colubroidea is a superfamily of snakes in the clade Colubroides that includes Colubridae, with some studies splitting Colubridae into multiple families that make up Colubroidea. Historically, Colubroi
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…each other. This family was historically used as a "wastebasket taxon" for snakes that do not fit elsewhere. Until recently, colubrids were basically colubroids that were not elapids, viperids, or Atractaspis. However, recent research in molecular phylogenetics has stabilized the classification of historically…
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