Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combinations: Coluber suevica, Naja suevica
Full reference: O. Fraas. 1870. Die Fauna von Steinheim. Mit Rücksicht auf die miocänen Säugethier- und Vogelreste des Steinheimer Beckens. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 26:145-306
Belongs to Coluber according to M Ivanov 2002
See also Fraas 1870 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 hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber lobsingensis, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber plioagellus, Coluber pouchetii, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Steinheim am Albuch, which is in a MN 7 + 8 lacustrine - small siliciclastic/limestone in Germany
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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