Colubridae (Colubridae)

Linnaeus is known to all three families of snakes and these are divided into python, vipers and colubrine as their name.

The colubrine is different to the other snake family to the pelvic and the remains of hind legs missing, and also that they appear in the upper temporal bone, and that the front the coronal bone gap still separates the nasal bones. Both jaws bear teeth, the upper horizontal and vertical direction is not moving; crown bone the lower jaw is missing.

The largest snakes in this family are divided into three parallel series. The first of these, the flat teeth (Aglypha a) series) are only one type of teeth in which no groove or channel is not drilled, the species belonging to this series are all harmless. The second series includes ridged teeth (Opisthoglypha, b) series), where at least one of the rear upper jaw teeth groove running along the front, the covered species suspect considered as part of his angry little longer, though the human race, few of them are directly dangerous . The third series of species, namely the poison teeth (Proteroglypha, c) series) on the front or top, fin jaw teeth are drilled through. These three forms of the wonderful series in every one recurrence meet, so I divided one as subfamilies, species of which live in the dry and one that lives in aquatic species.

Flat teeth (Aglypha) family
Up can be divided into two subfamilies, such as real colubrine (Colubrinae), in which the sexes and a significant majority of species belongs to the land more or less adapted to living animals, their bodies cover tile shingles or roll bar scales Awarded the way of each other, the other subfamily of the wart snakes (Acrochordinae ) subfamily, whose members are semi-saltwater or freshwater lifestyle are dependent on their bodies and integuments adjacent granuliform covered with scales.

The real colubrine characterized by slender bodies are uniformly flexible, elongated, shapely head from body a more or less clearly distinct, tail ends in a mountain. Upper torso imbricative smooth or ribbed roll bar scales on each other, the lower part of them are covered with large shields. The chin shields are separated by a groove and the form part of tail shields lined up in a line or two. The same number of jaws and the palate will creature weaponry, some of which are sometimes the very first, and sometimes the hindmost one, stand out by their size. Potter is so true to the colubrine snakes, which are the work of a regular shape and some body parts of some of the general type of the snakes reveals. Intellectual abilities of some of them are just behind the snake, such as the snake-Aeskuláp, while others again soar too little in this regard, the worm-shaped snakes.

About 1000 race is known, which is shared by many tribes. Spread across the globe, but none of them lies in the Arctic and the non-European species, none reached the 60 ° north latitude either. Missing in the Pacific Ocean, Bismarck and Solomon Islands east of the small islands as well. Resides in a very different and way of life, which, however, from figures of the pupils little can be inferred, since not all round pupils living animal species, and not every night or twilight cut pupils with life, but often live in partially underground, where its prey follow to den. Exceptionally sometimes the ones that do not cut pupils, but can be pulled up by one point, which is used to living in the eyes of the snakes are too bright light will protect.

Foods is lower vertebrates, some species, however, smaller mammals and birds to hunt and feed on a sufficiently large enough number of fish species. The smaller species of snails, worms, insects and their larvae also ripens. Victim will not ambush you, and never accidentally roving animals are waiting, but if proper notice of the prey, then sneak, fast track and seize it. The frogs and fish species feeding on their prey without any special preparation is swallowed, often in the hind legs of frogs, the fish will be sent in advance of the head their throats, while those that feed on birds and mammals, only after the victim was first strangled and swallowed, but also small lizards and mice are consumed without prior strangulation. In some species, even the closest relatives did not shut up, live snakes, which are swallowed in such a way as to catch fish, and so quickly that it can only be saved by immediate intervention to pull them out tail from pharynx or belly.

Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae