Calamagras floridanus Auffenberg 1963 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1963. The fossil snakes of Florida. Tulane Studies in Zoology 10(3):131-216

Belongs to Calamagras according to W. Auffenberg 1963

See also Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Calamagras angulatus, Calamagras gallicus, Calamagras murivorus, Calamagras platyspondyla, Calamagras primus, Calamagras talpivorus, Calamagras turkestanicus, Calamagras weigeli

Type specimen: FMNH 6150, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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