Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 (black racer)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Alternative combination: Bascanion constrictor

Belongs to Coluber according to J. A. Holman 1985

See also Brattstrom 1955 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber cadurci, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus

Type specimen: NHR (form. MDG) Lin-456 (1380mm female (extant specimen)).

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (23: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia collections)

• Blancan of United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Oklahoma)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences

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