A cyst-forming coccidian with large geographical range infecting forest and commensal rodents: Sarcocystis muricoelognathis sp. nov. by Tao Qin, Paula Ortega-Perez, Gudrun Wibbelt, Maklarin B. Lakim, Sulaiman Ginting, Yuvaluk Khoprasert, Konstans Wells, Junjie Hu, Thomas Jäkel

“…Methods Experimental infections, morphological and molecular characterizations were used for discrimination of a new Sarcocystis species isolated from colubrid snakes and small mammals collected in Thailand, Borneo and China. …”
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Three-Fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of Snake Venom Toxins by Kartik Sunagar, Timothy N. W. Jackson, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Syed. A. Ali, Agostinho Antunes, Bryan G. Fry

“…Three-finger toxins (3FTx) represent one of the most abundantly secreted and potently toxic components of colubrid (Colubridae), elapid (Elapidae) and psammophid (Psammophiinae subfamily of the Lamprophidae) snake venom arsenal. …”
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Secondary Seed Ingestion in Snakes: Germination Frequency and Rate, Seedling Viability, and Implications for Dispersal in Nature by Gordon W. Schuett, Gordon W. Schuett, Randall S. Reiserer, Andrew M. Salywon, Steven Blackwell, Wendy C. Hodgson, C. Drew Foster, James Hall, Ryan Zach, Ryan Zach, Mark A. Davis, Harry W. Greene, Harry W. Greene

“…Here, using live snake subjects of the Sonoran Desert (one viperid and two colubrid species) and seeds of the Foothill Palo Verde (Parkinsonia microphylla), a dominant tree of the same region, we experimentally tested germination frequency and rate, and seedling viability. …”
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Description of Sarcocystis scandentiborneensis sp. nov. from treeshrews (Tupaia minor, T. tana) in northern Borneo with annotations on the utility of COI and 18S rDNA sequences for... by Paula Ortega Pérez, Gudrun Wibbelt, Annika Brinkmann, John A. Galindo Puentes, Fred Y.Y. Tuh, Maklarin B. Lakim, Andreas Nitsche, Konstans Wells, Thomas Jäkel

“…In phylogenetic trees of the nuclear 18S rRNA gene, S. scandentiborneensis formed a distinct branch within a monophyletic subclade of Sarcocystis spp. with (colubrid) snake-rodent life cycle. We mapped all intraspecific (two haplotypes) and interspecific nucleotide substitutions to the secondary structure of the 18S rRNA gene: in both cases, the highest variability occurred within helices V2 and V4 but intraspecific variability mostly related to transitions, while transition/transversion ratios between S. scandentiborneensis, S. zuoi, and S. clethrionomyelaphis were skewed towards transversions. …”
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An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel by Karin Tamar, Jiří Šmíd, Bayram Göçmen, Shai Meiri, Salvador Carranza

“…Background The colubrid snakes of the genus Rhynchocalamus are seldom studied and knowledge of their ecology and life history is scarce. …”
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Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa by Hussam Zaher, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite, Sandro L. Bonatto

“…The major salient points of our analysis are: (1) placement of Acrochordus, Xenodermatids, and Pareatids as successive outgroups to all remaining caenophidians (including viperids, elapids, atractaspidids, and all other "colubrid" groups); (2) within the latter group, viperids and homalopsids are sucessive sister clades to all remaining snakes; (3) the following monophyletic clades within crown group caenophidians: Afro-Asian psammophiids (including Mimophis from Madagascar), Elapidae (including hydrophiines but excluding Homoroselaps), Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Colubrinae, Natricinae, Dipsadinae, and Xenodontinae. …”
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Fossil snakes (Squamata, Serpentes) from the tar pits of Venezuela: taxonomic, palaeoenvironmental, and palaeobiogeographical implications for the North of South America during the... by Silvio Onary, Ascanio D. Rincón, Annie S. Hsiou

“…Micrurus (Elapidae), and several others to “Colubrids” (Colubroides, sensu Zaher et al., 2009) and the Viperidae family. …”
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Tangled skeins: a first report of non-captive mating behavior in the Southeast Asian Paradise Flying Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Chrysopelea paradisi) by Hinrich Kaiser, Johnny Lim, Heike Worth, Mark O’Shea

“…Our report is the first direct observation of mating behavior in <em>C. paradisi</em> in the wild and provides another rare glimpse of the multi-male courtship in Southeast Asian colubrids.</p><div> </div>…”
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Chemical composition of snakes. by Petra Kölle, Linda F Böswald, Annita Brenner, Ellen Kienzle

“…Carcasses of 86 captive snakes (31 pythons, 32 colubrids and 23 boas) were available for analysis. …”
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New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan by J.T. Wangyal

“…Thirteen new species of anurans that include six dicroglossids (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Fejervarya pierrei, F. teraiensis and F. nepalensis, from Samdrup Jongkhar, Nanorana conaensis and N. pleskei from Haa), three megophryids (Xenophrys major and X. glandulosa from Trashiyangtse, and X. minor from Mongar) and four ranids (Amolops mantzorum from Trashiyangtse, Hylarana taipehensis and Sylvirana leptoglossa from Samdrup Jongkhar and S. cf. guentheri from Mongar) and one testudine a geoemydid (Melanochelys trijuga from Sarpang), one sauria an anguid (Ophisaurus gracilis from Zhemgang) and two colubrids (Amphiesma platyceps and Dinodon gammiei both from Paro) are reported for the first time from Bhutan. …”
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Ecology of ticks in a taxocenosis of snakes from the Serra do Mendanha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with new host records by Jorge A. L. Pontes, Gilberto S. Gazêta, Davor Vrcibradic, Carlos F. D. Rocha

“…The infestation parameters varied among the species of snakes sampled, with the highest prevalence of A. rotundatum being observed in the viperid Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824) (71.4%), followed by the colubrids Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1820 (33%), Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824) and Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (both with 22%). …”
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THE ROLE OF PLANTATIONS OF THE AFRICAN PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) IN THE CONSERVATION OF SNAKES IN COLOMBIA by JOHN D. LYNCH

“…Thirty five species of snakes (three boas, one coral, 27 colubrids, one tropidophid, one typhlopid, and two vipers) were captured within palmeras. …”
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The relationships of the laticaudine sea snakes (family elapidae genus laticuada) by McCarthy, C. J.

“…The present study of laticaudine affinities is divided into three main parts:- 1) An introductory section reviews the theory supporting the analytical methods used, considers some of the biological and distributional aspects of the Elapidae sensu lato and examines current theories of relationships within the "family". 2) A wide range of external and internal anatomical features of a variety of elapids are described and states of these characters are arranged into most likely transformation series, attempts also being made to determine polarities (primitive and derived conditions). 3) In the analysis and discussion section three topics are considered:- a) The issue of monophyly of the family Elapidae is examined and a recent proposal that New World proteroglyphs represent an independent derivation from American colubrids is rejected on the basis of critical re-evaluation of the evidence alleged to support the theory. …”
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Screening of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in the free-ranging snake community annually harvested for the popular ritual of San Domenico e dei Serpari (Cocullo, AQ, Italy) by Daniele Marini, Ernesto Filippi, Gianpaolo Montinaro, Francesco C. Origgi

“…In the Abruzzi village of Cocullo (Italy), each year, on May 1st, local snake hunters (known as Serpari) display colubrids, captured in the wild, to commemorate the ancient ritual of San Domenico. …”
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Bites by Non-Native Reptiles in France: Species, Circumstances and Outcome by Gaël Le Roux, Guillaume Grenet, Corinne Schmitt, French Poison Control Centers Research Group, Sébastien Larréché, Alexis Descatha

“…Bites occurred at home and by a small number of popular non-venomous reptile species (pythons and boas, colubrids). These occurred mainly when handling the animals. …”
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Following Snakebite: A Putatively Rare Complication of Envenomation and Review of the Literature by Lazaro RP

“…We felt the need to report this case to bring attention to health-care providers that CRPS is probably an under-recognized complication of snakebite.Case Presentation: A 44-year-old right-handed man developed signs and symptoms of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in the left upper extremity following a bite by a cat-eyed snake (genus Leptodeira), a slightly venomous snake that belongs to the Colubridae (colubrids) family. The man did not develop muscle weakness or hematologic complications at that time. …”
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Proteomic insight into the venom composition of the largest European rear-fanged snake, Malpolon monspessulanus monspessulanus by Dominique Koua, Anicet Ebou, Zeinab Habbouche, Jean-Marie Ballouard, Sébastien Caron, Xavier Bonnet, Sébastien Dutertre

“…Rear-fanged snakes (colubrids) were often considered harmless and as a result, are much less studied, but several documented deaths have suggested potent venom in this group as well. …”
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Snakebites notified to the poison control center of Morocco between 2009 and 2013 by Fouad Chafiq, Faiçal El Hattimy, Naima Rhalem, Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Abdelrhani Mokhtari, Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh

“…Snake species was identified in 54 cases (6.2 %): colubrids represented 31 % (n = 18) and vipers 67 % (n = 36), mainly Daboia mauritanica, Bitis arietans and Cerastes cerastes. …”
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Serpentes da área urbana de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso: aspectos ecológicos e acidentes ofídicos associados Snakes from the urban area of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso: ecological aspects and assoc... by Marcos André de Carvalho, Flávia Nogueira

“…Approximately 99% of the latter were attributed to vipers of the genus Bothrops, and especially the Bothrops moojeni and Bothrops neuwiedi species The colubrids Philodryas olfersii and Waglerophis merremii were probably responsible for most of the non-venomous snakebites.…”
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Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes: A current evidence-based analysis of medical significance by Weinstein, SA, White, J, Keyler, D, Warrell, D

“…Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes (NFFC; formerly and artificially taxonomically assembled as " colubrids" ) comprise about 70% of extant snake species and include several taxa now known to cause lethal or life threatening envenoming in humans. …”