Colubridae

• Grayia

Calamariinae – seven genera

Ahaetuliinae – five genera

Colubrinae – 93 genera

Sub-family currently undetermined

• Elapoidis
• Gongylosoma
• Lycognathophis
• Oreocalamus
• Tetralepis
• †Ameiseophis^[18]
• †Dryinoides
• †Hispanophis
• †Floridaophis^[19]
• †Micronatrix
• †Miocoluber
• †Mionatrix?
• †Palaeonatrix
• †Paleofarancia
• †Paraoxybelis
• †Paraxenophis
• †Periergophis
• †Pollackophis
• †Pseudocemophora
• †Nebraskophis^[18]
• †Texasophis

Former subfamilies

These taxa have been at one time or another classified as part of the Colubridae, but are now either classified as parts of other families, or are no longer accepted because all the species within them have been moved to other (sub)families.

• Subfamily
  Atractaspidinae
  )
• Subfamily Boiginae (now part of Colubrinae)
• Subfamily
  Pseudaspidinae and Pseudoxyrhophiidae
  , which are now sometimes treated as families)
• Subfamily Dispholidinae (now part of Colubrinae)
• Subfamily
  Homalopsinae (now family Homalopsidae)^[14]
• Subfamily Lamprophiinae (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)[14]
• Subfamily Lycodontinae (now part of Colubrinae)
• Subfamily Lycophidinae (now part of Lamprophiidae)
• Subfamily Pareatinae (now family Pareidae,^[14] sometimes incorrectly spelled Pareatidae)^[20]
• Subfamily Philothamninae (now part of Colubrinae)
• Subfamily
  Psammophiinae (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)^[14]
• Subfamily
  Pseudoxyrhophiinae (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)^[14]
• Subfamily Xenoderminae (now family Xenodermidae,^[14] sometimes incorrectly spelled Xenodermatidae)^[20]
• Subfamily
  Dipsadidae
  )

Fossil record

The oldest colubrid fossils are indeterminate vertebrae from