Belongs within: Colubriformes.
Contains: Pseudorabdion, Lampropeltis, Coluber, Elaphe.
The Colubridae are a family of snakes historically characterised by the presence of solid teeth on the maxilla, palatine, pterygoid and dentary, but never on the premaxilla. However, Colubridae in this sense is not believed to be monophyletic. As such, the family may be restricted to members of the prior subfamily Colubrinae, which possess a single sulcus spermaticus on the hemipenis and have the posterior hypapophyses reduced to keels (Vidal et al. 2000).
Representatives include Lycodon, wolf snakes, an Asian genus with an arched maxillary generally with three sets of teeth separated by two diastemata, a dorsoventrally compressed head, and a vertically elliptical pupil (Slowinski et al. 2001).
Colubridae [Colubrinae]
|--+--AhaetullaBG20
| | |--A. nasutusS72
| | `--A. prasinaBG20
| `--Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890BG20, C18
| |--D. calligastra (Günther 1867)C18
| |--D. caudolineatusVH02
| |--D. modestusB28
| |--D. pictusVH02
| `--D. punctulatus (Gray 1826)C18
`--+--+--Rhynchocalamus melanocephalusBG20
| |--Gonyosoma oxycephalumBG20
| `--TantillaVK00
| |--T. melanocephalaVK00
| `--T. planicepsB71
| |--T. p. planicepsB71
| `--T. p. eiseniB71
`--+--+--LampropeltisBG20
| `--+--+--Gastropyxis smaragdinaVK00
| | `--OxybelisBG20
| | |--O. aeneusVK00
| | `--O. fulgidusVK00
| `--+--ColuberBG20
| |--Simophis rhinostomaBG20
| `--ChironiusVK00
| |--C. carinatusVK00
| |--C. cochranae Hoge & Romano 1969DS86
| |--C. exoletus [incl. C. pyrrhopogon]DS86
| |--C. flavolineatusRC02
| |--C. fuscusDS86
| |--C. laevicollisDS86
| |--C. multiventrisDS86
| `--C. scurrulusDS86
`--+--+--Dasypeltis scabraBG20
| |--ElapheK00
| `--Boiga Fitzinger 1826BG20, C18
| |--B. angulataBG20
| |--B. cynodonVK00
| |--B. dendrophilaVH02
| `--B. irregularis (Merrem 1802) [incl. B. fusca]C18
`--+--OligodonBG20
| |--O. cyclurusBG20
| |--O. octolineatusVH02
| `--O. trilineatusM89
|--DinodonVK00
| |--D. semicarinatumVH02
| `--D. septentrionalisI92
| |--D. s. septentrionalisI92
| |--D. s. multifasciatus Maki 1931I92
| `--D. s. ruhstratiI92
`--Lycodon Boie in Fitzinger 1826BG20, SP01
|--L. aulicusSP01
|--L. capucinus Boie 1827SB12
|--L. fasciatusSP01
|--L. jaraSP01
|--L. kunduiSP01
|--L. laoensisSP01
|--L. tiwariiSP01
|--L. travancoricusSP01
`--L. zawi Slowinski, Pawar et al. 2001SP01
Colubridae incertae sedis:
Dendrophidion dendrophisDS86
Drymarchon coraisDS86
Drymobius rhombiferDS86
Drymoluber dichrousDS86
LeptophisDS86
|--L. abaetullaDS86
| |--L. a. abaetullaDS86
| `--L. a. nigromarginatusDS86
|--L. cupreusDS86
`--L. mexicanusM86
PseustesDS86
|--P. poecilonotusDS86
| |--P. p. poecilonotusDS86
| `--P. p. polylepisDS86
|--P. sexcarinatusDS86
`--P. sulphureusDS86
Spilotes pullatusDS86
Xenopholis scalarisDS86
PsomophisC07
CoronellaBB03
|--C. austriaca Laurenti 1768BB03 [=Coluber austriacusK08]
|--C. punctataW06
`--C. triangulaW06
Texasophis Holman 1977RB05
|--*T. fossilis Holman 1977SH96
|--T. bohemiacusRB05
|--T. galbreathi Holman 1984SH96
`--T. meini Rage & Holman 1984RB05
DromicusH81
|--D. cursor (Lacépède 1789) [=Leimadophis cursor]H81
`--D. ornatus Garman 1887 [=Leimadophis ornatus]H81
PhalotrisJK08
|--P. cuyanus (Cei 1984)JK08
|--P. lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)JK08
|--P. matogrossensis Lema, D’Agostini & Cappellari 2005JK08
|--P. mertensi (Hoge 1955)JK08
|--P. nasutus (Gomes 1915)JK08
|--P. sansebastiani Jansen & Köhler 2008JK08
`--P. tricolor (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854) [incl. P. punctatus (Lema 1979)]JK08
DendrophisR13
|--D. calligasterR13
|--D. caudolineataM89
`--D. pictaM89
TrimorphodonN10
|--T. biscutatusN10
`--T. vandenburghiL75
PituophisGWN71
|--P. cateniferOB11
`--P. melanoleucasL75
|--P. m. melanoleucasB71
`--P. m. bimarisB71
ApostolepisG11
Lytorhynchus diadema [incl. L. kennedyi Schmidt 1939]A-O00
Aspidura trachyproctaCD88
Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854C18
|--S. cucullatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)C18
`--S. parvus (Meyer 1874)C18
Tropidonophis Jan 1863C18
`--T. mairii (Gray 1841)C18
|--T. m. mairiiC18
`--T. m. brongersmaiC18
Pantherophis guttataC18
ZamenisSBM01
|--Z. andreanaSBM01
|--Z. constrictorW06
`--Z. dipsasB28
Ninia sebaeM86
PseudorabdionIL61
Macroprotodon cucullatusVH02
Hapsidophrys smaragdinaVH02
Dispholidus typusVH02
Phyllorhynchus decurtatusVH02
Chilomeniscus cinctusVH02
Rhinobothryum lentiginosumVK00, VH02
MastigodryasVK00
|--M. boddaertiVK00
`--M. heathiiC07
*Type species of generic name indicated
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