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 lafonti, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, 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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