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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Nile Cat SnakeTelescopus gezirae Broadley, 1994 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus guentheri (Anderson, 1895) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx, 1956 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black headed snakeTelescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Egyptian CatsnakeTelescopus obtusus (Reuss, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beautiful Cat SnakeTelescopus pulcher (Scortecci, 1935) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus reussi Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Campbell, Calvo, Spawls, Vidal & Meiri, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Desert Tiger SnakeTelescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus salvadori Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Campbell, Calvo, Spawls, Vidal & Meiri, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Tiger SnakeTelescopus semiannulatus Smith, 1849 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali Cat SnakeTelescopus somalicus (Parker, 1949) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Soosan Tiger SnakeTelescopus tessellatus (Wall, 1908) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus urii Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Campbell, Calvo, Spawls, Vidal & Meiri, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable Cat SnakeTelescopus variegatus (Reinhardt, 1843) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Telescopus wangariae Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Campbell, Calvo, Spawls, Vidal & Meiri, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bluebelly Java SnakeTetralepis fruhstorferi Boettger, 1892 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon Coastal House Snake (pallidus)Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnodynastes sertanejo Bailey, Thomas & da Silva, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnodynastes silvai Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Muñoz & Zaher, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific Coast Aquatic Garter SnakeThamnophis atratus Kennicott, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Conant's GartersnakeThamnophis bogerti Rossman & Burbrink, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shorthead Garter SnakeThamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Butler's Garter SnakeThamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Goldenhead Garter SnakeThamnophis chrysocephalus (Cope, 1885) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Terrestrial Garter SnakeThamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Garter SnakeThamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Garter SnakeThamnophis exsul Rossman, 1969 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highland Garter SnakeThamnophis fulvus (Bocourt, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Garter SnakeThamnophis gigas Fitch, 1940 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Godman's Garter SnakeThamnophis godmani (Günther, 1894) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-striped Garter SnakeThamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Checkered Garter SnakeThamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackbelly Garter SnakeThamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tamaulipan Montane Garter SnakeThamnophis mendax Walker, 1955 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Durango Spotted Garter SnakeThamnophis nigronuchalis Thompson, 1957 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northwestern Garter SnakeThamnophis ordinoides (Baird & Girard, 1852) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tepalcatepec Valley GartersnakeThamnophis postremus Smith, 1942 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Ribbon SnakeThamnophis proximus (Say, 1823) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-throated gartersnakeThamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plains Garter SnakeThamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rossman's Garter SnakeThamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Narrowhead Garter SnakeThamnophis rufipunctatus (Cope, 1875) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern RibbonsnakeThamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longtail Alpine Garter SnakeThamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-tail Alpine Garter SnakeThamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Garter SnakeThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumichrast's Garter SnakeThamnophis sumichrasti (Cope, 1866) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madrean Narrowheaded Garter SnakeThamnophis unilabialis Tanner, 1985 | 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.