"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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