Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Alternative combination: Coluber kormosi
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 Elaphe according to M. Venczel 1994
See also Bolkay 1913
Sister taxa: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe kansensis, Elaphe kohfidischi, Elaphe longissima, Elaphe nebraskensis, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe paralongissima, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe szyndlari, Elaphe vulpina, Elaphis boulei
Type specimen: HGI Ob-4465/a, c, d and e (syntypes), a partial skull (one basioccipital, one ectopterygoid, one fragmentary parabasisphenoid, and one fragmentary palatine). Its type locality is Polgárdi 2, which is in a MN 13 sinkhole /limestone in Hungary.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Hungary (1 collection)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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