The systematic status of the colubrid snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference

A new species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890 is described.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

The small colubrid snakes of the genus Rhabdophis have a shady past in the pet trade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

Of course, the entire colubrid group is a garbage can containing everything but the kitchen sink.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The strictly endemic reptiles include ten species of chameleons (seven Chamaeleo and three Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes in four genera.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Arc forests] Reference

The single endemic colubrid (Liophis perfuscus) has a very restricted distribution in the hilly, extreme east central portion of the island which is relatively mongoose free and not affected by sugar cane production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Windward Islands xeric scrub] Reference

The Eastern Arc Mountains and Southern Rift are home to more than 35 of these endemic species, including eight species of chameleons (six Chamaeleo and two Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane] Reference

But the limited information suggests that the critically endangered turtle Pelochelys cantorii, the geckos Gehyra lacerata and Gekko petricolus, the agamid lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, the two skinks Isopachys borealis and Lygosoma koratense, the earth snake Typhlops khoratensis, and the colubrid snake Oligodon hamptoni are ecoregional endemics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Indochina dry forests] Reference

Other popular species are the colubrid snake, veiled chameleon and crested gecko.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

In my experience lay people find it utterly inconceivable that it’s not a snake, and most think that it’s a ‘grass snake’ (the true Grass snake Natrix natrix is an amphibious colubrid that’s normally between 60-100 cm long).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

‘Death by piercing’ isn’t limited to big snakes – Klauber (1982) reported that horned toads Phrynosoma may kill snakes that try to swallow them (the lizard’s horns perforate the snake’s throat) and Ramírez-Bautista and Uribe (1992) described the case of a Lyre snake Trimorphodon biscutatus (a terrestrial colubrid) that died after the spiny tail scales of a Spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura pectinata pierced the snake’s stomach and oesophagus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference

A few examples from recent decades include Exiliboa placata, a monotypic, relictual dwarf boa (Bogert, 1968), Rhadinophanes monticola, a monotypic, highland colubrid (Myers and Campbell, 1981), and Pseudoeurycea aquatica, the only aquatic bolitoglossine salamander (Wake and Campbell, 2001).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference