Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combination: Coluber kormosi
Full reference: S. Bolkay. 1913. Additions to the Fossil Herpetology of Hungary from the Pannonian and Preglacial Periode. Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kgl. Ungarischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt XXI(7):216-230
Belongs to Elaphe according to M. Venczel 1994
See also Bolkay 1913 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe buisi, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe kansensis, Elaphe kohfidischi, Elaphe longissima, Elaphe nebraskensis, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe paralongissima, Elaphe parreyssii, Elaphe pliocenica, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe szyndlari, Elaphe vulpina, Elaphis boulei
Type specimen: HGI Ob-4465/a, c, d and e (syntypes), a partial skull (one basioccipital, one ectopterygoid, one fragmentary parabasisphenoid, and one fragmentary palatine). Its type locality is Polgárdi 2, which is in a MN 13 sinkhole /limestone in Hungary.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Hungary (1 collection)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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