Colubroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes – most snakes.


Elapidae

From Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) + -idae. Compare Elopidae.

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A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – many venomous snakes.

Acalyptophis

(family): Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae – subfamilies


Bungarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – the kraits, found in South and Southeast Asia.


Vasuki

Vasuki indicus
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A taxonomic genus within the family †Madtsoiidae – with a single accepted species †Vasuki indicus, a giant snake that inhabited the Indian subcontinent during the Middle Eocene epoch, approximately 47 million years ago.


Viperidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – many venomous snakes (the vipers).

Agkistrodon

(family): Azemiopinae, Crotalinae, Viperinae – subfamilies


Dispholidus typus

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – the highly venomous boomslang snake.


Naja

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – true cobras.


Ophiophagus hannah

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – king cobra or hamadryad.


Ophiophagus

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – the king cobra or hamadryad.


Lachesis muta

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – South American bushmaster.


Dendroaspis polylepis

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – black mamba.


Dendroaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – mambas.


Micruroides

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – western coral snakes.


Micrurus

Likely from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”, “long”) + Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + Ancient Greek -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – coral snake.


Salvadora

Salvador (“given name and surname”) + -a; the plant genus is named after botanist botanist Jaime Salvador y Pedrol.

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – the patchnose snakes.

A taxonomic genus within the family Salvadoraceae – trees and shrubs native to the Middle East.


Leptophis ahaetulla

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – parrot snake.


Leptophis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – parrot snakes.


Colubrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Colubridae – many common snakes.


Colubridae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – colubrid snakes.

Adelophis

(family): Ahaetuliinae, Calamariinae, Colubrinae, Dipsadinae, Grayiinae, Natricinae, Pseudoxenodontinae, Sibynophiinae – subfamilies


Natrix natrix

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – grass snake of Eurasia.


Natrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain water and grass snakes.


Natricinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Colubridae.


Natrix megalocephala

From Latin nātrīx (“water-snake”) megalo- (“large”) + -cephala (“head”), from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large”) and Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – bighead European grass snake.


Natrix maura

From Latin nātrīx (“water-snake”) maura (“Moorish”).

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – viperine water snake.


Natrix tessellata

From Latin nātrīx (“water-snake”) tessellāta (“mosaic”).

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – dice snake.


Lampropeltis triangulum

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – milk snake.


Lampropeltis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – kingsnakes and milk snakes.


Crotalus atrox

western diamondback rattlesnake
western diamondback rattlesnake

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – western diamondback rattlesnake.


Crotalus

From Latin crotalum (“castanet”), from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon).

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – rattlesnakes.


Crotalinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Viperidae – pit vipers.


Titanoboa

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – with a single accepted species †Titanoboa cerrejonensis, an extinct snake of the Pleistocene (60–58 million years ago).


Agkistrodon

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron, “fishhook”) + -odon (“tooth”). The usual transliteration of γ for g follows the pronunciation. This spelling distinguishes this genus from the genus Ankistrodon of archosaurs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – certain pit vipers, the moccasins.


Coluber

→ Ido: kolubro (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain racers and whipsnakes.


Typhlops

From Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhlopidae – certain blind snakes.


Thamnophis

From Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “bush”) + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”). Doublet of Thamnosophis.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – the garter snakes, native to North and Central America.


Pelias

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελίας (Pelías, “Pelias, a historical king”).

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A taxonomic subgenus within the family Viperidae – Vipera (Pelias), formerly a genus.


Agkistrodon contortrix

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">contortus</i> + -trix

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – the copperhead of North America.


Rhinocheilus

Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) + Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei), of the western United States.


Rhinophis

Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”) + ὄφις (óphis, “snake”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Uropeltidae – certain shieldtail snakes.


Najash

From a Spanish romanisation of Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nakhásh, “snake”), in reference to the Biblical serpent.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ophidia – an extinct snake from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.


Zamenis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae.


Lycodon futsingensis

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – the Futsing wolf snake.


Elapinae

Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) + -inae

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(archaic) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Elapidae – certain terrestrial elapids.


Epicrates

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπικρατής (epikratḗs).

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – rainbow boas, non-venomous snakes, principally of South America.


Naja naja

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, of south Asia.


Lampropeltis elapsoides

Binomial compound of Lampropeltis f (“kingsnake, milk snake”) + New Latin elapsoīdēs m or f (“elapsoid, similar to Elaps-genus snakes”), literally “elapsoid kingsnake/milk snake”. The species is named as such due to its visual similarity to coral snakes, many formerly placed in the genus Elaps.

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A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – scarlet kingsnake or scarlet milk snake.


Micrurus peruvianus

Micrurus m + New Latin perūviānus m (“Peruvian”)

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – Peru coral snake.


Coluber constrictor

Coluber m + New Latin cōnstrictor (“constrictor”, agent noun)

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A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – eastern racer or North American racer.


Echinanthera

Possibly from echino- (“spiny”) + Latin anthēra (“flower-medicine, anther”).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Dipsadinae – certain colubrid snakes.


Grypotyphlops

Latin grȳpus (“hook-nosed”) + Typhlops m

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhlopidae – beaked worm snake, Grypotyphlops acutus.


Erythrolamprus

erythro- (“red”) + Ancient Greek λᾰμπρός m (lămprós, “bright, radiant”).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Dipsadinae.


Atractus

→ Chinese: 箭蛇 (jiànshé) (calque)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτρακτος m or f (átraktos, “spindle, arrow”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain colubrid snakes.


Thamnosophis

From Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “bush”) + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”). Doublet of Thamnophis.

A taxonomic genus within the suborder Serpentes – certain snakes, of disputed taxonomy.


Cacophis

Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) + Ancient Greek ὄφῐς (óphĭs, “snake”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – certain snakes.


Borikenophis

From English Borikén (“Puerto Rico”, from Taíno *borīkē) + Ancient Greek ὄφῐς (óphĭs, “snake”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain snakes.


Vasuki indicus

From Vasuki + Latin indicus (“of India”).

A taxonomic species within the family †Madtsoiidae – A giant snake that inhabited the Indian subcontinent during the Middle Eocene epoch, approximately 47 million years ago; the sole member of genus †Vasuki.


Dendrelaphis

From dendro- (“tree”, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron)) + *Elaphis (incorrect back-formation of *Elaphidae, correctly Elapidae, from Elaps, from Ancient Greek ἔλαψ (élaps)).

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from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δένδρον</i> (déndron)

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – the bronzebacks and Oceanian tree snakes.