Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combination: Bascanion constrictor
Belongs to Coluber according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Brattstrom 1955, Hay 1902 and Holman 1985
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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