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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgehead SnakeManolepis putnami (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baja California Striped Whip SnakeMasticophis aurigulus (Cope, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ajo Mountain Whipsnake [lineolatus]Masticophis bilineatus Jan, 1863 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| CoachwhipMasticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baja California CoachwhipMasticophis fuliginosus (Cope, 1895) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Masticophis lineatus Bocourt, 1890 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neotropical Whip SnakeMasticophis mentovarius (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| CoachwhipMasticophis piceus (Cope, 1892) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schott's WhipsnakeMasticophis schotti Baird & Girard, 1853 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Isla San Esteban WhipsnakeMasticophis slevini Lowe & Norris, 1955 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped WhipsnakeMasticophis taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastigodryas alternatus (Bocourt, 1884) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amaral's Tropical RacerMastigodryas amarali (Stuart, 1938) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boddaert's Tropical RacerMastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbour's Tropical RacerMastigodryas bruesi (Barbour, 1914) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clifton’s Lizard EaterMastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1964) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Daniel's Tropical RacerMastigodryas danieli Amaral, 1935 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Lizard EaterMastigodryas dorsalis (Bocourt, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heath's Tropical RacerMastigodryas heathii (Cope, 1875) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Salmon-bellied RacerMastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plee's Tropical RacerMastigodryas pleii (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Tropical RacerMastigodryas pulchriceps (Cope, 1868) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastigodryas reticulatus (Peters, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Crowned SnakeMeizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tana Delta smooth snakeMeizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed smooth snakeMeizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern crowned smooth snakeMeizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Semiornate Smooth SnakeMeizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coastal House SnakeMesotes strigatus (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baran’s Black-headed Dwarf SnakeMuhtarophis barani (Olgun, Avci, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yilmaz, 2007) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-colored MussuranaMussurana bicolor (Peracca, 1904) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southwestern Forest Marsh SnakeNatriciteres bipostocularis Broadley, 1962 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Forest) Marsh SnakeNatriciteres fuliginoides (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive Marsh SnakeNatriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable Marsh SnakeNatriciteres pembana (Loveridge, 1935) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Forest Marsh SnakeNatriciteres sylvatica Broadley, 1966 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable Marsh SnakeNatriciteres variegata (Peters, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-eyed grass snakeNatrix astreptophora (Lopez-Seoane, 1885) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Viperine Water SnakeNatrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Grass SnakeNatrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Salt Marsh SnakeNerodia clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mississippi Green Water SnakeNerodia cyclopion (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plainbelly Water SnakeNerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Water SnakeNerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Florida Green Water SnakeNerodia floridana (Goff, 1936) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazos Water SnakeNerodia harteri (Trapido, 1941) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Concho Water SnakeNerodia paucimaculata (Tinkle & Conant, 1961) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diamondback Water SnakeNerodia rhombifer (Hallowell, 1852) | 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.