Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combination: Zamenis hungaricus
Full reference: S. Bolkay. 1913. Additions to the Fossil Herpetology of Hungary from the Pannonian and Preglacial Periode. Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kgl. Ungarischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt XXI(7):216-230
Belongs to Coluber according to M. Venczel 1994
See also Bolkay 1913 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber cadurci, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, Coluber constrictor, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber fossilis, Coluber freybergi, Coluber gervaisii, Coluber lafonti, Coluber lobsingensis, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber plioagellus, Coluber pouchetii, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: HGI Ob-4464/Vt.76, a partial skull (a single right quadrate). Its type locality is Polgárdi 2, which is in a MN 13 sinkhole /limestone in Hungary.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Hungary (2 collections)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Hungary (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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