Stilosoma Brown 1890 (short-tailed snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to P. Uetz 2005
See also Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Platyceps, Salvadora, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: Stilosoma extenuatum Stilosoma vetustum
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Haile 6A (Miocene of Florida)
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