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 Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae.
Colubridae. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae. Accessed October 10, 2026.
Colubridae. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae
Colubridae [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749296/0/Colubridae.
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