While rattlesnakes are perhaps the most famous group of snakes to exhibit tail vibration behavior, many other snake groups particularly those in the Colubridae and Viperidae families are known to tail vibrate.
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The families found in Belize consist of Colubridae, Boidae, Elapidae and Viperidae, of which the latter two families are highly venomous and may present a potential health hazard to humans if provoked.
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The "'northern redbelly snake "'( " Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata " ) is a nonvenomous snake in the Colubridae family, a subspecies of " Storeria occipitomaculata ".
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Although commonly regarded as belonging to the Colubridae, primary literature usually lists them, and related species, as belonging to the family Lamprophiidae within the superfamily which includes the venomous cobras and mambas, Elapoidea.
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The "'northern water snake "'( " Nerodia sipedon " ) is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America.
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The Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology identified 17 herpetofaunal species belonging to 6 families ( Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, Agamidae, Scincidae, Colubridae, Viperidae ), of which eight ( 47 % ) are endemics ( Endemism ).
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""'Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus " "', commonly known as the "'black-skinned parrot snake "', is a snake of the Colubridae Endemic to South America, it is one of 12 recognized subspecies of the parrot snake, " Leptophis ahaetulla"
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""'Aspidura " "'is a genus of the Colubridae family of snakes that is endemic to island of Sri Lanka which is commonly known as "'Rough-sided snake "', and as ????????( maedilla ) in Sinhala.
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Previously, snakes were a minor component of the North American fauna, but during the Miocene, the number of species and their prevalence increased dramatically with the first appearances of vipers and elapids in North America and the significant diversification of Colubridae ( including the origin of many modern genera such as Nerodia, Lampopeltis, Pituophis and Pantherophis ).
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The "'western false smooth snake "'( " "'Macroprotodon brevis " "') is a species of snake in the Colubridae family found in Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Western Sahara . Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and rocky areas.
