Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley and J. A. Holman 1995
See also Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Holman and Sullivan 1981, Rage 1984 and Uetz 2005
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Platyceps, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: Salvadora grahamiae Salvadora paleolineata
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Miocene of United States (17: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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