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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador SipoChironius grandisquamis (Peters, 1869) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian SipoChironius laevicollis (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-headed SipoChironius leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central SipoChironius maculoventris Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain SipoChironius monticola Roze, 1952 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American SipoChironius multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trinidad SipoChironius nigelnoriegai Jadin, Jowers, Blair, Ludwig, Salgado-Irazabal & Murphy, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central SipoChironius quadricarinatus (Boie, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wagler's SipoChironius scurrula (Wagler, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American CoachwhipChironius septentrionalis Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| SipoChironius spixii (Hallowell, 1845) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saint Vincent CoachwhipChironius vincenti (Boulenger, 1891) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Whipala SiposChironius whipala Quinteros-Muñoz, Gómez-Murillo, Camacho-Badani, Aguayo, Carpio-Real, Pérez, Marca, Gonzales & Torres-Carvajal, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden Flying SnakeChrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Paradise Flying SnakeChrysopelea paradisi Boie, 1827 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded Flying SnakeChrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Moluccan Flying SnakeChrysopelea rhodopleuron Boie, 1827 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Flying SnakeChrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Equatorial MussuranaClelia equatoriana (Amaral, 1924) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clelia langeri Reichle & Embert, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clelia plumbea (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kirtland's SnakeClonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reddish Rat SnakeCoelognathus erythrurus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Copper Rat SnakeCoelognathus flavolineatus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reddish Rat SnakeCoelognathus philippinus (Griffin, 1909) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Sunda Rat SnakeCoelognathus subradiatus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain Dwarf SnakeCollorhabdium williamsoni Smedley, 1932 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern RacerColuber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adler’s lace snakeColubroelaps adleri Poyarkov, Bragin & Nguyen, 2024 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nguyenvansang’s Snake.Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi Orlov, Kharin, Ananjeva, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2009 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-spotted SnakeConiophanes bipunctatus (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' Running SnakeConiophanes dromiciformis (Peters, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-striped SnakeConiophanes imperialis (Baird & Girard, 1859) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coniophanes joanae Myers, 1966 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coniophanes longinquus Cadle, 1989 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coniophanes melanocephalus (Peters, 1870) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Black-striped SnakeConiophanes piceivittis Cope, 1870 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Black-striped SnakeConiophanes taeniata (Peters, 1870) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coniophanes taylori Hall, 1951 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Road GuarderConophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Tolucan EarthsnakeConopsis acuta (Cope, 1886) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-lined Mexican Earth SnakeConopsis biserialis (Taylor & Smith, 1942) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lined Tolucan EarthsnakeConopsis lineata (Kennicott, 1859) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| San Felipe Ground SnakeConopsis megalodon (Taylor & Smith, 1942) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Largenose Earth SnakeConopsis nasus (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Common) Sharptail SnakeContia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crowned Burrowing SnakeCoronelaps lepidus (Reinhardt, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Smooth SnakeCoronella girondica (Daudin, 1803) | 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.