Geringophis robustus Holman and Harrison 2001 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: J. A. Holman and D. L. Harrison. 2001. Early Oligocene (Whitneyan) snakes from Florida (USA): remaining boids, indeterminate colubroids, summary and discussion of the I-75 Local Fauna snakes. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 44(1):25-36

Belongs to Geringophis according to J. A. Holman and D. L. Harrison 2001

Sister taxa: Geringophis depressus, Geringophis vetus, Geringophis yatkolae, Geringophis yatkolai

Type specimen: UF 190837, a set of vertebrae (precloacal vertebra). Its type locality is I-75, which is in a Whitneyan sinkhole claystone in Florida.

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at I-75

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