232 bytes added ,  09:17, 17 August 2010
no edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:  
{{review}}
 
{{review}}
 
[[Image:Cobra_-_718065.jpg|250px|thumb|right|©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]]
 
[[Image:Cobra_-_718065.jpg|250px|thumb|right|©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]]
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:
+
The Colubridae are a complex group and tend to come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Many of the small pet snakes are colubrids (pertaining to Colubridae). Some are rear-fanged with a potent venom; all lack a pelvic girdle, a functional left lung and a coronoid bone. Their distribution is worldwide.
 +
 
 +
There are nine subfamilies:
    
*Colubrinae
 
*Colubrinae
Line 21: Line 23:  
*Xenodontinae
 
*Xenodontinae
   −
*Psammophinae[[Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary]]
+
*Psammophinae
 +
 
 +
*Find out more about the [[Corn Snake]]
 +
 
 +
*Find out more about the [[Garter Snake]]
 +
[[Category:Lizard_and_Snake_Glossary]]
5,582

edits