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 | | Typically, colubrids have belly scales as wide as the body, and the upper and lower jaws bear teeth. |
 | | None of the teeth are hollowed to serve as poison fangs, but in some species (rear-fanged snakes) the teeth at the back of the upper jaw are enlarged and grooved along the front surface to conduct venom. |
 | | The majority of colubrids reproduce by laying eggs (oviparity), but the young of many species are born alive. |
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