Telescopus Waner 1830 (tiger snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to P. Uetz 2005

See also Venczel 1998

Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dakotaophis, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (2), Hungary (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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