Gaimanophis Albino 1996 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: A. M. Albino. 1996. Snakes from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) Part I: The Booidea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 199(3):417-434

Parent taxon: Erycinae according to A. M. Albino 1996

Sister taxa: Albaneryx, Bransateryx, Cadurceryx, Eryx, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura, Pterygoboa, Tregophis

Subtaxa: Gaimanophis tenuis

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Type: Gaimanophis tenuis

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman (Miocene of Argentina)

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