Infraorder Platycerca (colubrid snake)
Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Proteroglypha according to E. D. Cope 1875
See also Cope 1871
Sister taxa: Conocerca, Hydrophinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platycerca in the database