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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bismarck keelbackTropidonophis hypomelas (Günther, 1877) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common keelbackTropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Irian montane keelbackTropidonophis montanus (Lidth de Jeude, 1911) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Many-scaled keelbackTropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boie's KeelbackTropidonophis spilogaster (Boie, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| PNG montane keelbackTropidonophis statisticus Malnate & Underwood, 1988 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pale Ground SnakeUrotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rough Earth SnakeVirginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smooth Earth SnakeVirginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wallace’s striped snake/ Wallace’s racerWallaceophis gujaratensis Mirza, Vyas, Patel, Maheta & Sanap, 2016 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Smooth SnakeWallophis brachyura (Günther, 1866) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ocellated Brown SnakeXenelaphis ellipsifer Boulenger, 1900 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaysian Brown SnakeXenelaphis hexagonotus (Cantor, 1847) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burmese White-barred KeelbackXenochrophis bellulus (Stoliczka, 1871) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted KeelbackXenochrophis maculatus (Edeling, 1864) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded KeelbackXenochrophis vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's False Fer-de-lanceXenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neuwied's False Fer-de-lanceXenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wucherer's Ground SnakeXenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jensen's Ground SnakeXenopholis undulatus (Jensen, 1900) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Transcaucasian Rat SnakeZamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aesculapean SnakeZamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Persian Rat SnakeZamenis persicus (Werner, 1913) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladder SnakesZamenis scalaris (Schinz, 1822) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| European RatsnakeZamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 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.