"Colubridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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, 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)
| Descriptor ID |
D017812
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Water Moccasin- Water Moccasin
- Moccasin, Water
- Moccasins, Water
- Water Moccasins
Thamnophis- Thamnophis
- Garter Snake
- Garter Snakes
- Snake, Garter
- Snakes, Garter
Lampropeltis- Lampropeltis
- King Snake
- King Snakes
- Snake, King
- Snakes, King
Water Snake- Water Snake
- Snake, Water
- Snakes, Water
- Water Snakes
- Natrix
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colubridae" by people in Profiles.
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Small snakes, big cities: Population genetics of urban Dekay's brown snake (Storeria dekayi) in New Jersey. J Hered. 2026 Jan 05; 117(1):12-23.
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Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988) (Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiidae) and its taxonomic relationship with respect to Compsophis (Günther, 1882). Zootaxa. 2025 Dec 16; 5729(3):469-476.
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Whole snake genomes from eighteen families of snakes (Serpentes: Caenophidia) and their applications to systematics. J Hered. 2024 08 20; 115(5):487-497.
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Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug-of-war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features. Science. 2024 02 23; 383(6685):eadj7026.
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Ecological Divergence and the History of Gene Flow in the Nearctic Milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum Complex). Syst Biol. 2022 06 16; 71(4):839-858.
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Phylogenetics of mud snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae): A paradox of both undescribed diversity and taxonomic inflation. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2021 07; 160:107109.
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Independent Demographic Responses to Climate Change among Temperate and Tropical Milksnakes (Colubridae: Genus Lampropeltis). PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0128543.
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Coalescent species delimitation in milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and impacts on phylogenetic comparative analyses. Syst Biol. 2014 Mar; 63(2):231-50.
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Speciation at the Mogollon Rim in the Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011 Sep; 60(3):445-54.
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The mechanics of slithering locomotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 23; 106(25):10081-5.