Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley and K. B. Hunter 2010
See also Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Holman 1985 and Parmley and Holman 1995
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dakotaophis, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: Lampropeltis calligaster Lampropeltis getulus Lampropeltis intermedius Lampropeltis similis Lampropeltis triangulum
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (30: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (7: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (9: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 55 collections including 74 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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