Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1977. Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas. Herpetologica 33(4):391-403
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley and K. B. Hunter 2010
See also Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Holman 2000 and Szyndlar 1987
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dakotaophis, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: Texasophis bohemiacus Texasophis fossilis Texasophis galbreathi Texasophis hecki Texasophis meini Texasophis wilsoni
Type: Texasophis fossilis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (6), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Turkey (3), United States (5: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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