Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley and J. A. Holman 1995
See also Behler and King 1979, Parmley and Hunter 2010 and Uetz 2005
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dakotaophis, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (2: Nebraska, New Mexico)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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