Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley and K. B. Hunter 2010
See also Behler and King 1979 and Uetz 2005
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dakotaophis, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (11: Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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