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The Colubridae are a complex group and tend to come in all shapes, sizes and colours. All lack a pelvic girdle, a functional left lung and a coronoid bone. There are nine subfamilies:
- Colubrinae
- Homalopsinae
- Xenoderminae
- Calamariinae
- Pareatinae
- Lamprophinae
- Pseudoxenodontinae
- Natricinae
- Xenodontinae
- Psammophinae