Talk:Colubridae

Anonymous entry

The japanese tiger snake and the peruvian false viper have also caused deaths. There's also a colubrid in Europe that has killed some people, genus Malpolon.

Dipsadinae incertae sedis?

Either they belong there and are incertae sedis, in which case a further subdivision into tribes is necessary. Or they are generally incertae sedis, in which case they don't belong in the Dipsadinae or only tentatively so. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 06:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

This page needs an anatomical drawing of the head showing the location of the fangs

Would make the location of the fangs clear to those who are not anatomically sophisticated...Avram Primack (talk) 15:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I've added a link to the snake dentition page. That should do it. Mokele (talk) 16:17, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Move proposal

Would anyone object to moving this page to "Colubridae," which would be in-line with all of our other articles on snake families? Also, fully two thirds of all articles that link here do so via the Colubridae redirect anyway. Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 01:31, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Go for it. Mokele (talk) 01:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Fang Location

The article makes this claim:

These are unlike those of vipers and elapids, which are located in the front.

This is contradicted by the article on elapids, which describe them as rear-fanged snakes. Could somebody with access to the source please clear this up? —MiguelMunoz (talk) 22:48, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Odd tone in first line of description

The line "A primarily shy and harmless group of snakes" is quite human-centric compared to starting lines in similar articles. Keep in mind that these snakes are still predators, if the article is going to approach these critters on their level, making emotional appeals to human safety is a strange choice. I don't know if an edit is necessary, but this bothered me so I figured I would point it out. 192.211.31.132 (talk) 18:19, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

How do they catch their prey ?

Aren't they constrictors, as contrasts with the venomous vipers ? — Jerome Potts (talk) 06:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)