THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Colubridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Algerian Whip SnakeHemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Horseshoe SnakeHemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asian RacerHemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Whip SnakeHemorrhois ravergieri (Ménétries, 1832) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cute Himalayas Keelback”Herpetoreas abros Liu, Hou, Zhou, Zuo, Yin & Rao, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burbrink’s KeelbackHerpetoreas burbrinki Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rakhine KeelbackHerpetoreas davidi Nguyen, Lalremsanga, Biakzuala & Vogel, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Murlen Keelback SnakeHerpetoreas murlen Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himalayan KeelbackHerpetoreas platyceps (Blyth, 1855) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Siebold’s KeelbackHerpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wall's KeelbackHerpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yadong Keelback SnakeHerpetoreas yadongensis Tan, Li, Zhao, Zhang, Guo & Lyu, 2026 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Hognose SnakeHeterodon kennerlyi Kennicott, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusty Hognose Snake [gloydi]Heterodon nasicus Baird & Girard, 1852 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Hognose SnakeHeterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Hognose SnakeHeterodon simus (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balkan RacerHierophis gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dark Green SnakeHierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive Small-eyed SnakeHydrablabes periops (Günther, 1872) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mocquard's Small-eyed SnakeHydrablabes praefrontalis (Mocquard, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hydraethiops laevis Boulenger, 1904 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackbelly SnakeHydraethiops melanogaster Günther, 1872 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herrmann's Water SnakeHydrodynastes bicinctus (Hermann, 1804) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False Water CobraHydrodynastes gigas (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Costa Rica Water SnakeHydromorphus concolor Peters, 1859 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunn's Water SnakeHydromorphus dunni Slevin, 1942 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hydrops caesurus Scrocchi, Ferreira, Giraudo, Ávila & Motte, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon Water SnakeHydrops martii (Wagler, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Triangle Water SnakeHydrops triangularis (Wagler, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypsiglena chlorophaea Cope, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| San Luis Potosi Nightsnake [jani]Hypsiglena jani (Dugès, 1865) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Verde NightsnakeHypsiglena tanzeri Dixon & Lieb, 1972 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Islas Revillagigedo NightsnakeHypsiglena unaocularus Tanner, 1946 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaica RacerHypsirhynchus ater (Gosse, 1851) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican Red GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus callilaemus (Gosse, 1851) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniola Cat-eyed SnakeHypsirhynchus ferox Günther, 1858 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican Black GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus funereus (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniolan Olive RacerHypsirhynchus melanichnus (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Hispaniolan RacerHypsirhynchus parvifrons (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican Long-tailed GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus polylepis (Buden, 1966) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiburon Hog-nosed RacerHypsirhynchus scalaris Cope, 1862 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barahona Red-headed RacerIaltris agyrtes Schwartz & Rossman, 1976 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haitian Ground SnakeIaltris haetianus (Cochran, 1935) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parish's Fanged SnakeIaltris parishi Cochran, 1932 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spatula-tooth SnakeIguanognathus werneri Boulenger, 1898 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blunthead Tree SnakeImantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chocoan blunt-headed vine snakesImantodes chocoensis Torres-Carvajal, Yánez-Muñoz, Quirola, Smith & Almendáriz, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central American Tree SnakeImantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Imantodes guane Missassi & Prudente, 2015 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Tree SnakeImantodes inornatus (Boulenger, 1896) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.