Zilantophis Jasinski and Moscato 2017 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Full reference: S. E. Jasinski and D. A. Moscato. 2017. Late Hemphillian Colubrid Snakes (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the Gray Fossil Site of Northeastern Tennessee. Journal of Herpetology 51(2):245-257

Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to S. E. Jasinski and D. A. Moscato 2017

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, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis

Subtaxa: Zilantophis schuberti

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gray Fossil Site ( of Tennessee)

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