Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Full reference: F. Bachmayer and Z. Szyndlar. 1985. Ophidians (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Kohfidisch fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Anthropologie Praehistorie 87:79-100

Belongs to Elaphe according to F Bachmayer and Z Szyndlar 1987

See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985

Sister taxa: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe buisi, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe kansensis, Elaphe kormosi, Elaphe longissima, Elaphe nebraskensis, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe paralongissima, Elaphe parreyssii, Elaphe pliocenica, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe szyndlari, Elaphe vulpina, Elaphis boulei

Type specimen: NMW 1984/96 (a single mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Ukraine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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