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Family Colubridae

Colubridae

The largest snake family on Earth; most snakes you will ever meet belong here.

2,203 species live on this branch.

Paradise Flying Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)

Photo: Alan Couch from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A face from this branch: Paradise Flying Snake

Where Colubridae sits on the tree

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Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.