†Rukwanyoka McCartney et al. 2014 (boa)
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Full reference: J. A. McCartney, N. J. Stevens, and P. M. O’Connor. 2014. The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 9(3):e90415
Parent taxon: Boinae according to J. A. McCartney et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acrantophis, Bavarioboa, Boa, Chubutophis, Corallus, Daunophis, Epicrates, Hordleophis, Palaeopython, Paleryx, Plesiotortrix, Sanjuanophis, Tallahattaophis, Titanoboa, Waincophis
Subtaxa: Rukwanyoka holmani
Type: Rukwanyoka holmani
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nsungwe 2 (Oligocene of Tanzania)
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