On the taxonomic validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with new insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) by Surya Narayanan, Sandeep Das, Y. Muhammed Anvar, Frank Tillack, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, David J. Gower, K. P. Rajkumar, V. Deepak

“…Colour polymorphism has been previously reported in several colubrid snakes including Boiga spp. In this paper, we report colour variations within the poorly known southern Indian Boiga dightoni, provide the first molecular data for this species, from two localities (including the type locality) and compare them with data from other congeners. …”
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Epidemiology of venomous and semi-venomous snakebites (Ophidia: Viperidae, Colubridae) in the Kashan city of the Isfahan province in Central Iran by Rouhullah Dehghani, Omid Mehrpour, Morteza Panjeh Shahi, Mehrdad Jazayeri, Parissa Karrari, Dan Keyler, Nasim Zamani

“…Specifically, the viperid species were Macrovipera lebetina obtusa, Pseudocerastes persicus, Pseudocerastes fieldi, and Echis carinatus. The two colubrid species were Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus and Psammophis schkari. …”
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Proteomic profiling of liver from Elaphe taeniura, a common snake in eastern and southeastern Asia by Liang Chen, Hengchuan Xia, Yiting Wang, Keping Chen, Lvgao Qin, Bin Wang, Qin Yao, Jun Li, Yuanqing He, Ermi Zhao

“…In this study, we undertook a proteomic analysis of liver from the colubrid snake Elaphe taeniura using a combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flightmass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). …”
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Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) by Mahdi Rajabizadeh, R. Alexander Pyron, Roman Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens, Anthony Herrel

“…Here, we present an updated phylogeny of colubrid snakes from the Western Palearctic by analyzing a supermatrix of all available global snake species with molecular data and report on the discovery of a new genus and species of colubrine snake from southeastern Iran. …”
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Exploring body injuries in the horseshoe whip snake, <em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis</em> by Juan Pleguezuelos, Esmeralda Alaminos, Mónica Feriche

“…We studied the incidence of body scarring and tail breakage in a Mediterranean colubrid, Hemorrhois hippocrepis, from south-eastern Spain. …”
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Venom ophthalmia (keratoconjunctivitis) caused by nuchal gland secretion of Rhabdophis tigrinus: case report by Kazuki Matsuura, Yoshitsugu Inoue

“…Abstract Rhabdophis tigrinus (R. tigrinus) is a common colubrid snake that possesses a series of paired sac-like nuchal glands behind the head. …”
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The new algorithm for calculation of median lethal dose (LD50) and effective dose fifty (ED50) of Micrarus fulvius venom and anti-venom in mice by Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan

“…In view of this, anti-snake venoms are currently being developed against viper and colubrid snake venoms using mice. Therefore, a new algorithm for calculation of median lethal dose (LD50) and effective dose fifty (ED50) was developed for Micrarus fulvius venom and antivenom respectively. …”
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Morfologia e histoquímica das glândulas de Duvernoy e supralabial de seis espécies de colubrídeos opistoglifodontes (serpentes, Colubridae) by Eliana de Oliveira Serapicos, José Luiz Bernardino Merusse

“…Esta variação pode estar relacionada com a presença de substâncias ricas em um complexo carboidrato-proteína e, conseqüentemente, com a função tóxica da secreção.<br>Since some colubrids can cause human envenomation, the importance of studies relating biological mechanisms to their venom apparatus is crucial. …”
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Centuries-Old DNA from an Extinct Population of Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) Offers New Phylogeographic Insight by Morten E. Allentoft, Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Hans Viborg Kristensen

“…Bioinformatic mapping of the reads against the published genome of a related colubrid snake revealed that two of the three specimens contained endogenous snake DNA (up to 8.6% of the reads), and this was evident for tooth, bone, and soft tissue samples. …”
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Serpentoviruses Exhibit Diverse Organization and ORF Composition with Evidence of Recombination by Steven B. Tillis, Robert J. Ossiboff, James F. X. Wellehan

“…While the broadest viral diversity is reported from captive pythons, other reptiles, including colubrid snakes, turtles, and lizards of captive and free-ranging origin are also known hosts. …”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal endoparasites and ectoparasites in ex situ snakes in Barranquilla, Colombia by Nazly Duran P, Mónica Franco G, Henrique G Riva, José Flórez G

“…Stool samples and ectoparasites of 2 colubrids (Leptophis ahaetulla and Spilotes pullatus), 2 diapsids (Oxybelys aeneus and Thamnodynastes paraguanae) and 13 boids (9 specimens of Boa constrictor, 2 of Epicrates maurus and 2 Eunectes murinus) were analyzed using flotation method in saturated sugar solution and direct observation. …”
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Simultaneously collecting coding and non-coding phylogenomic data using homemade full-length cDNA probes, tested by resolving the high-level relationships of Colubridae by JiaXuan Li, Dan Liang, Peng Zhang

“…To demonstrate the utility of FLc-Capture, we prepared full-length cDNA probes from mRNA extracted from a common colubrid snake. We performed capture experiments with these homemade cDNA probes and successfully obtained thousands of coding and non-coding genomic loci from 24 Colubridae species and 12 distantly related snake species of other families. …”
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Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. by Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister

“…Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) is the commonest coagulopathy resulting from snakebite and occurs in envenoming by Viperid snakes, certain elapids, including Australian elapids, and a few Colubrid (rear fang) snakes. Procoagulant toxins activate the clotting pathway, causing a broad range of factor deficiencies depending on the particular procoagulant toxin in the snake venom. …”
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Historical biogeography of the genus Rhadinaea (Squamata: Dipsadinae) by Uriel A. García‐Sotelo, Uri O. García‐Vázquez, David Espinosa

“…Here, we evaluate the influence of the Neogene and Quaternary geological events, as well as the climatic changes in the diversification of the colubrid snake genus Rhadinaea using molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction. …”
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Experimental ophitoxemia produced by the opisthoglyphous lora snake (Philodryas olfersii) venom Ofitoxemia experimental produzida pelo veneno da serpente opistoglifa lora (Philodry... by Alexis Rodríguez-Acosta, Karel Lemoine, Luis Navarrete, María E. Girón, Irma Aguilar

“…Several colubrid snakes produce venomous oral secretions. In this work, the venom collected from Venezuelan opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged) Philodryas olfersii snake was studied. …”
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Preliminary genetic characterisation of Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica (Serpentes, Colubridae) populations in Italy, with some considerations on their alpine distributio... by Matteo R. Di Nicola, Raffaella Melfi, Francesco P. Faraone, Daniel L.N. Iversen, Gabriele Giacalone, Giovanni Paolino, Mario Lo Valvo

“…The Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica, is a small-sized colubrid found in Northwest Africa and Southwest Europe. …”
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Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from In... by V. Deepak, Surya Narayanan, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta, Gnanaselvan Melvinselvan, Ashaharraza Khan, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack

“…Coluber fasciolatus Shaw, 1802 (today Argyrogena fasciolata auctt.) is the name used for a widespread terrestrial colubrid snake species inhabiting subtropical and tropical dry deciduous/thorn forests of South Asia from Pakistan to India, with unconfirmed records of distribution in Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar and a single doubtful record from the northern tip of Sri Lanka. …”
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Transcriptome Analyses Reveal Circadian-Related Expression Features in the Visual Systems of Two Snakes by Chen-Yang Tang, Meng-Huan Song, Zhong-Liang Peng, Wei Wu, Changjun Peng, Kong Yang, Jia-Tang Li

“…The visual characteristics of animals with different circadian habits, especially colubrid snakes, exhibit highly variable photoreceptor morphology. …”
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The genome assembly and annotation of the Oriental rat snake Ptyas mucosa by Jiangang Wang, Shiqing Wang, Song Huang, Qing Wang, Tianming Lan, Ming Jiang, Haitao Wu, Yuxiang Yuan

“… The Oriental rat snake Ptyas mucosa is a common non-venomous snake of the colubrid family, spanning most of South and Southeast Asia. …”
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Phylogeography of <i>Dolichophis</i> Populations in the Aegean Region (Squamata: Colubridae) with Taxonomic Remarks by Adam Javorčík, Ilias Strachinis, Evanthia Thanou, Panagiotis Kornilios, Aziz Avcı, Nazan Üzüm, Kurtuluş Olgun, Çetin Ilgaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Petros Lymberakis, Zoltán T. Nagy, Daniel Jablonski

“…Ultimately, the Aegean islands, particularly Kos and Rhodes, seem to be important sites for the evolution of these colubrid snakes and their historical dynamics.…”
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