Colubroidea

Colubroidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Clade:	Colubroides
Superfamily:	Colubroidea

The Colubroidea are a superfamily in the suborder Serpentes (snakes). It contains over 85% of all the extant species of snakes.^[1] Their largest component is the family Colubridae, but it also includes at least six other families.^[2] It has been found to be monophyletic.^[1]

Families

Atractaspididae^[3] now generally downgraded to Atractaspidinae under the Lamprophiidae^[2]
Colubridae
Dipsadidae, in some classifications placed under the Colubridae^[4]
- Dipsadinae
- Pseudoxenodontinae
Elapidae
Homalopsidae
Lamprophiidae (includes the Pseudoxyrhophiinae in most classifications)
Natricidae, in some classifications placed under the Colubridae, in some classifications includes the Natricinae, Dipsadinae and Pseudoxenodontinae^[5]
- Natricinae
Pareatidae
Viperidae
Xenodermatidae

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lawson, Robin; Slowinski, Joseph B.; Crother, Brian I.; Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): new evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 37 (2): 581–601. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.016. PMID 16172004.
^ ^a ^b Pyron, R. Alexander; et al. (2011). "The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58.2: 329–342. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Pough, F. Harvey; et al. (2004). Herpetology (Third ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson (Prentice Hall). ISBN 978-0-13-100849-6.
^ Vidal, N.; et al. (2008). "Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)". Zootaxa (1945): 51–66.
^ Dowling, Herndon G.; Jenner, Janann V. (1988). Snakes of Burma: Checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service #76. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 23345387.

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[Lawson-1] Lawson, Robin; Slowinski, Joseph B.; Crother, Brian I.; Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): new evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 37 (2): 581–601. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.016. PMID 16172004.

[Pyron-2] Pyron, R. Alexander; et al. (2011). "The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58.2: 329–342. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Pough, F. Harvey; et al. (2004). Herpetology (Third ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson (Prentice Hall). ISBN 978-0-13-100849-6.

[4] Vidal, N.; et al. (2008). "Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)". Zootaxa (1945): 51–66.

[5] Dowling, Herndon G.; Jenner, Janann V. (1988). Snakes of Burma: Checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service #76. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 23345387.

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