Taber's Medical Dictionary
Colubridae
(kŏ-loo′brĭ-dē″)
[L. coluber, snake, serpent + -idae]
The largest family of snakes, having more than 300 genera and approx. 2000 species, widely distributed around the world. Most such snakes are nonvenomous and mostly harmless, but a small number with fangs at the rear of their mouths are mildly venomous.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Colubridae." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae.
Colubridae. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae. Accessed April 25, 2024.
Colubridae. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae
Colubridae [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 April 25]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae.
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