Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Alternative spelling: Hectophis

Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 2001. Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part II. Boidae. Palaeovertebrata 30(3-4):111-150

Parent taxon: Boidae according to J.-C. Rage 2001

See also Head 2005

Sister taxa: Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Charina, Chilabothrus, Daunophis, Dawsonophis, Erycinae, Eunectes, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Palaeopython, Paleryx, Paraplatyspondylia, Plesiotortrix, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophiinae, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae

Subtaxa: Hechtophis austrinus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Itaboraí snake collections (Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil)

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