Editing Colubridae (section)

===Former subfamilies===
These taxa have been at one time or another classified as part of the Colubridae, but are now either classified as parts of other families, or are no longer accepted because all the species within them have been moved to other (sub)families.
* Subfamily [[Aparallactinae]] (now a subfamily of [[Lamprophiidae]],<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/> sometimes combined with [[Atractaspidinae]])
* Subfamily Boiginae (now part of [[Colubrinae]])
* Subfamily [[Boodontinae]] (some of which now treated as subfamily [[Grayiinae]] of the new Colubridae, others moved to family [[Lamprophiidae]] as part of subfamilies [[Lamprophiinae]], [[Pseudaspidinae]] and [[Pseudoxyrhophiidae]], which are now sometimes treated as families)
* Subfamily Dispholidinae (now part of Colubrinae)
* Subfamily [[Homalopsinae]] (now family [[Homalopsidae]])<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/>
* Subfamily Lamprophiinae (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/>
* Subfamily Lycodontinae (now part of Colubrinae)
* Subfamily Lycophidinae (now part of Lamprophiidae)
* Subfamily Pareatinae (now family [[Pareidae]],<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/> sometimes incorrectly spelled Pareatidae)<ref name=Savage>{{cite journal |last1=Savage |first1=Jay M. |year=2015 |title=What are the correct family names for the taxa that include the snake genera ''Xenodermus'', ''Pareas'', and ''Calamaria''? |journal=Herpetological Review |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=664–665 |url=http://www.zenscientist.com/index.php/pdflibrary2/func-finishdown/2496/ |access-date=2018-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307141006/http://www.zenscientist.com/index.php/pdflibrary2/func-finishdown/2496 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Subfamily Philothamninae (now part of Colubrinae)
* Subfamily [[Psammophiinae]] (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/>
* Subfamily [[Pseudoxyrhophiinae]] (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae)<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/>
* Subfamily Xenoderminae (now family [[Xenodermidae]],<ref name="Pyronetal2011"/> sometimes incorrectly spelled Xenodermatidae)<ref name=Savage/>
* Subfamily [[Xenodontinae]] (which many authors put in [[Dipsadinae]]/[[Dipsadidae]])