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 |
|---|---|---|
| Plagiopholis delacouri Angel, 1929 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nanling mountain snakePlagiopholis maculosa Qi, Song, Yang, Xu, Fang, SU & Wang, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Assam Mountain SnakePlagiopholis nuchalis (Boulenger, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western China Mountain Snake”Plagiopholis pluvialis Cai, XU & Ma, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese Mountain SnakePlagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yang's Mountain SnakePlagiopholis yangi Liu, Hou & Rao, 2026 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Afar racerPlatyceps afarensis Schätti & Ineich, 2004 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nagarjunasagar RacerPlatyceps bholanathi (Sharma, 1976) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short RacerPlatyceps brevis (Boulenger, 1895) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Collared Dwarf RacerPlatyceps collaris (Müller, 1878) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant RacerPlatyceps elegantissimus (Günther, 1878) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flowered RacerPlatyceps florulentus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gallagher’s Cliff RacerPlatyceps gallagheri Schätti, Tillack, Stutz & Kucharzewski, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful RacerPlatyceps gracilis (Günther, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hajar Cliff RacerPlatyceps hajarensis Schätti, Tillack, Stutz & Kucharzewski, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Joseph’s racerPlatyceps josephi Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Desert RacerPlatyceps karelini (Brandt, 1838) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladakh RacerPlatyceps ladacensis (Anderson, 1871) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dahlak RacerPlatyceps largeni (Schätti, 2001) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schätti's RacerPlatyceps messanai (Schätti & Lanza, 1989) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dahl’s Whip SnakePlatyceps najadum (Eichwald, 1831) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brahui RacerPlatyceps noeli Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded RacerPlatyceps plinii (Merrem, 1820) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Braid SnakePlatyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rogers' RacerPlatyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platyceps scortecci (Lanza, 1963) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sinai Racer.Platyceps sinai (Schmidt & Marx, 1956) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sindh RacerPlatyceps sindhensis Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smith's RacerPlatyceps smithii (Boulenger, 1895) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ogaden RacerPlatyceps somalicus (Boulenger, 1896) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thomas' Semi-banded RacerPlatyceps thomasi (Parker, 1931) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable SnakePlatyceps variabilis (Boulenger, 1905) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossy-bellied RacerPlatyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Darjeeling racerPlatyceps vittacaudatus (Blyth, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aleman's Snail-eaterPlesiodipsas perijanensis (Alemán, 1953) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variegated False Coral Snake.Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's False Coral SnakePliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False HabuPseudagkistrodon rudis (Boulenger, 1906) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos RacerPseudalsophis biserialis (Günther, 1860) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis darwini Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis dorsalis (Steindachner, 1876) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis hephaestus Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded Galapagos SnakePseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Galapagos SnakePseudalsophis steindachneri (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis thomasi Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-red Rat SnakePseudelaphe flavirufa (Cope, 1867) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yucatan Rat SnakePseudelaphe phaescens (Dowling, 1952) | 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.