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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dunn's Road GuarderCrisantophis nevermanni (Dunn, 1937) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tana Herald SnakeCrotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen, 1985 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Degen’s Herald SnakeCrotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger, 1906) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis (Reinhardt, 1843) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-lipped SnakeCrotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swan Island racerCubophis brooksi (Barbour, 1914) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuban RacerCubophis cantherigerus (Bibron, 1843) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black SnakeCubophis caymanus (Garman, 1887) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cayman Brac RacerCubophis fuscicauda (Garman, 1888) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Little Cayman RacerCubophis ruttyi (Grant, 1941) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahamian RacerCubophis vudii (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ethiopian egg eaterDasypeltis abyssina (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Egg-eating SnakeDasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Confusing Egg EaterDasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasypeltis congolensis Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central African Egg-eating SnakeDasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gans’ Egg EaterDasypeltis gansi Trape & Mané, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Brown Egg EaterDasypeltis inornata Smith, 1849 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasypeltis latericia Trape & Mané, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| East African Egg EaterDasypeltis medici Bianconi, 1859 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Palm Egg EaterDasypeltis palmarum (Leach, 1818) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasypeltis parascabra Trape, Mediannikov & Trape, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Egg EaterDasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasypeltis taylori Bates & Broadley, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andaman Bronze-backDendrelaphis andamanensis (Anderson, 1871) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis anthracina Kraus, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ashok’s bronzeback tree snakeDendrelaphis ashoki Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2011 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis atra Kraus, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's BronzebackDendrelaphis bifrenalis (Boulenger, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gore's BronzebackDendrelaphis biloreatus Wall, 1908 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Green treesnakeDendrelaphis calligaster (Günther, 1867) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray BronzebackDendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus (Günther, 1869) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Ghats Bronze backDendrelaphis chairecacos (Boie, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wall's BronzebackDendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall, 1921) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sulu BronzebackDendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke, 1994 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant BronzebackDendrelaphis formosus (Boie, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane treesnakeDendrelaphis gastrostictus (Boulenger, 1894) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giri’s bronzebackDendrelaphis girii Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2011 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large-eyed BronzebackDendrelaphis grandoculis (Boulenger, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis grismeri Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2008 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haas’s Bronzeback snakeDendrelaphis haasi Van Rooijen & Vogel, 2008 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis hollinrakei Lazell, 2002 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiwar's BronzebackDendrelaphis humayuni Tiwari & Biswas, 1973 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrelaphis inornatus Boulenger, 1897 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kei treesnakeDendrelaphis keiensis (Mertens, 1926) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopstein’s Bronzeback SnakeDendrelaphis kopsteini Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2007 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leviton’s Bronze-back Tree SnakeDendrelaphis levitoni Van Rooijen & Vogel, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lorentz River treesnakeDendrelaphis lorentzii (Lidth de Jeude, 1911) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luzon Bronze-back Tree SnakeDendrelaphis luzonensis Leviton, 1961 | 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.