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Colubridae  Oppel, 1811
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174121

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Colubrids [English]
  
    Typical Snakes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubfamilyAhaetuliinae Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell and Lailvaux, 2016  
                                     SubfamilyCalamariinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                     SubfamilyColubrinae Oppel, 1811  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                     SubfamilyGrayiinae Vidal, Delmas, David, Cruaud, Couloux and Hedges, 2007  
                                     SubfamilyNatricinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                     SubfamilyPseudoxenodontinae McDowell, 1987  
                                     SubfamilySibynophiinae Dunn, 1928  
       
                                   FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                     GenusBlythia Theobold, 1868  
                                     GenusCyclocorus A. M. C. Duméril, 1853  
                                     GenusElapoidis H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827  
                                     GenusGongylosoma Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     GenusLycognathophis Boulenger, 1893  
                                     GenusMyersophis Taylor, 1963  
                                     GenusOreocalamus Boulenger, 1899  
                                     GenusPoecilopholis Boulenger, 1903  
                                     GenusRhabdops Boulenger, 1893  
                                     GenusTetralepis Boettger, 1892  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Colubridae    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Colubridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grazziotin, Felipe G., Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Gustavo Scrocchi, Marco A. Benavides, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cladistics, vol 28, no. 5   
  Page(s): 437-459   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1096-0031   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x   
  Reference for: Colubridae   
       

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