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Colubridae: Classification, Description & Fossil record

Colubridae (/kəˈluːbrɪdiː/, commonly known as colubrids /ˈkɒljʊbrɪdz/, from Latin: coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Colubridae topic overview

The analysis highlights Classification, Description and Fossil record as prominent areas in the source structure around Colubridae.

Related topics
316
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
328
Extracted relationships
37
Related term clusters
16
Bridge connections
328

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Classification · 292 topics
Description · 10 topics
Fossil record · 7 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Reproduction · 2 topics

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Overview

Description

Reproduction

Classification

Fossil record

Bibliography

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How Colubridae connects Entity context

The extracted context around Colubridae shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Colubridae → Atractaspidinae, Colubrinae, Dipsadinae/Dipsadidae, Grayiinae, Homalopsidae, Lamprophiidae, Lamprophiinae, Pareatidae, Pareidae, Pseudaspidinae, Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Subfamily Aparallactinae, Subfamily Boiginae, Subfamily Boodontinae, Subfamily Dispholidinae, Subfamily Homalopsinae, Subfamily Lamprophiinae, Subfamily Lycodontinae, Subfamily Lycophidinae, Subfamily Pareatinae Another extracted example is Colubridae → Asian, Colubrids, Furthermore, Rhabdophis, South African. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Colubridae

Top relations

related to Former subfamilies · 27
Colubridae → Atractaspidinae, Colubrinae, Dipsadinae/Dipsadidae, Grayiinae, Homalopsidae, Lamprophiidae, Lamprophiinae, Pareatidae, Pareidae, Pseudaspidinae, Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Subfamily Aparallactinae, Subfamily Boiginae, Subfamily Boodontinae, Subfamily Dispholidinae, Subfamily Homalopsinae, Subfamily Lamprophiinae, Subfamily Lycodontinae, Subfamily Lycophidinae, Subfamily Pareatinae
related to Description · 5
Colubridae → Asian, Colubrids, Furthermore, Rhabdophis, South African
related to Reproduction · 3
Colubridae → Colubrinae, Most Colubridae, Natricinae
related to Classification · 2
Colubridae → Atractaspis, May

Important terminology

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Important terminology

family snakes doi colubrids species 10 fossil bibcode de argentina colubrid many genus pliocene journal subfamilies classification group fangs new

Colubridae relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 37 structured relationships around Colubridae. Examples in this analysis include Colubridae → related to Classification → Atractaspis and Colubridae → related to Classification → May. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Colubridaerelated to ClassificationAtractaspis0.60section
Colubridaerelated to ClassificationMay0.60section
Colubridaerelated to DescriptionColubrids0.60section
Colubridaerelated to DescriptionFurthermore0.60section
Colubridaerelated to DescriptionSouth African0.60section
Colubridaerelated to DescriptionAsian0.60section
Colubridaerelated to DescriptionRhabdophis0.60section
Colubridaerelated to Former subfamiliesSubfamily Aparallactinae0.60section
Colubridaerelated to Former subfamiliesLamprophiidae0.60section
Colubridaerelated to Former subfamiliesAtractaspidinae0.60section
Colubridaerelated to Former subfamiliesSubfamily Boiginae0.60section
Colubridaerelated to Former subfamiliesColubrinae0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Colubridae bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Coluber, Colubrinae and Within. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Colubridae
    • Coluber
    • Colubrinae
    • Within
    • Family
    • Genus
    • Many
    • Species
    • Colubrids
    • Snakes
    • Genera
    • Also
    • Elapids
  • colubridae
    • Coluber
    • Colubrinae
    • Within
    • Family
    • Genus
    • Many
    • Species
    • Colubrids
    • Snakes
    • Genera
    • Also
    • Elapids
  • family
    • Colubrid
    • Fossil
    • Snakes
    • Classification
    • Genera
    • Species
    • Colubrinae
    • Eocene
    • Record
    • Within
    • Group
    • Subfamilies
  • fossil record
    • Record
    • Formation
    • Species
    • Pliocene
    • Genus
    • Argentina
    • Also
    • Reproduction
    • Classification
    • Group
    • Subfamilies
    • Eocene
  • classification
    • Colubrid
    • Group
    • Also
    • Record
    • Reproduction
    • Within
    • Family
    • Snakes
    • Subfamilies
    • Fossil
    • Species
    • Colubrids
  • late eocene
    • New
    • Genus
    • Argentina
    • Colubrinae
    • Family
    • Species
    • Colubrid
    • Subfamilies
    • Fossil
    • Many
    • Pliocene
  • colubrinae
    • Subfamilies
    • Genus
    • Genera
    • Species
    • Eocene
    • Family
    • Reproduction
    • Within
    • New
    • Many
    • Snakes
  • coluber
    • Genera
    • Colubridae
    • Colubrinae
    • Within
    • Family
    • Genus
    • Species
    • Colubrids
    • Snakes

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Colubridae, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Colubridae with Classification. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Colubridae — Classification · splits 36 ⟂ 293
Colubridae — Description · splits 318 ⟂ 11
Colubridae — Fossil record · splits 321 ⟂ 8
Colubridae — Bibliography · splits 322 ⟂ 7
Colubridae — Overview · splits 323 ⟂ 6
Colubridae — Reproduction · splits 326 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Colubridae

Nodes329
Edges328
Triples37
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006079
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Colubridae to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Classification, Description & Fossil record, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Colubridae · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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