Preferred Label : colubridae;
MeSH definition : The largest family of snakes, comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae,
Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating
habits, some eating almost anything, others having a specialized diet. They can be
oviparous, ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are
colubrines. Among the colubrids are king snakes, water moccasins, water snakes, and
garter snakes. Some genera are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology,
3d ed, pp321-29); The largest family of snakes comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae,
Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating
habits, from eating almost anything to having a specialized diet. They can be oviparous,
ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are colubrines.
Among the colubrids are king snakes, water snakes, and garter snakes. Some genera
are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp321-29);
MeSH synonym : Colubrid Snakes; Colubrid Snake; Snake, Colubrid;
CISMeF synonym : mocassin, water; mocassins, water; water mocassins;
MeSH hyponym : natrix; lampropeltis; water mocassin; water moccasin; thamnophis; water snake; Moccasin, Water; Moccasins, Water; Water Moccasins; Garter Snake; Garter Snakes; Snake, Garter; Snakes, Garter; King Snake; King Snakes; Snake, King; Snakes, King; Snake, Water; Snakes, Water; Water Snakes;
MeSH Related Number : txid34999; txid8583; txid94873; txid169863; txid186612;
MeSH annotation : the largest family of snakes; its venom: coord IM with SNAKE VENOMS (IM); its venom: coordinate with SNAKE VENOMS;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubridae;
UNII : txid8578;
Origin ID : D017812;
UMLS CUI : C0206283;
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The largest family of snakes, comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae,
Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating
habits, some eating almost anything, others having a specialized diet. They can be
oviparous, ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are
colubrines. Among the colubrids are king snakes, water moccasins, water snakes, and
garter snakes. Some genera are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology,
3d ed, pp321-29)
The largest family of snakes comprising five subfamilies: Colubrinae, Natricinae,
Homalopsinae, Lycodontinae, and Xenodontinae. They show a great diversity of eating
habits, from eating almost anything to having a specialized diet. They can be oviparous,
ovoviviparous, or viviparous. The majority of North American snakes are colubrines.
Among the colubrids are king snakes, water snakes, and garter snakes. Some genera
are poisonous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp321-29)
