Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combination: Bascanion constrictor
Belongs to Coluber according to J. A. Holman 1985
See also Brattstrom 1955, Hay 1902 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber cadurci, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, 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 suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: NHR (form. MDG) Lin-456 (1380mm female (extant specimen)).
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (23: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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