colubrid snake vs ring-necked snake

ring-necked snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and ring-necked snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid snake	Yes	No	No	No
ring-necked snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ring-necked snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, ring-necked snake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid snake:

colubrid snake: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
ring-necked snake: any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Other hyponyms of colubrid snake include hoop snake, Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake, ring snake, ringneck snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, leaf-nosed snake, grass snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, Arizona elegans, glossy snake, bull-snake, bull snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, grass snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, water snake, red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid snake (noun)	ring-necked snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Difference between colubrid snake and ring-necked snake

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