Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Synonym: Chilopoma Cope 1875
Parent taxon: Colubridae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Behler and King 1979, Cope 1875, Holman 1985, Osborn 1930, Parmley and Holman 1995 and Parmley and Hunter 2010
Sister taxa: Abastor, Aglypha, Alsophis, Apostolepis, Bascanium, Carphophis, Cemophora, Chilomeniscus, Chionactis, Coluber owenii, Colubrinae, Coniophanes, Contia, Cyclophis, Dendrelaphis, Diadophis, Dipsadinae, Dromicus, Dryinoides, Drymarchon, Eutaenia, Farancia, Gyalopion, Haldea, Helicops, Hierophis, Hispanophis, Homalopsinae, Hypsiglena, Leioheterodon, Lodia, Lycodon, Malpolon, Mionatrix, Natricinae, Natrix, Ophibolus, Opisthoglypha, Osceola, Palaelaphis, Palaeomalpolon, Palaeonatrix, Paleofarancia, Pantherophis, Paraoxybelis, Paraxenophis, Periergophis, Phimothyra, Pollackophis, Proteroglypha, Pseudoboa, Pseudocemophora, Pylmophis, Rhinechis, Rhinocheilus, Sibon, Sonora, Spilotes, Storeria, Tachyophis, Tantilla, Tretanorhinus, Trimorphodon, Tropidoclonium, Tropidonotus, Xenodontinae, Zamenis
Subtaxa: Thamnophis sirtalis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (50: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (14: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (9: Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (10: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 84 collections including 101 occurrences
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