Platyceps Blyth 1860 (colubrid snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to M. T. Carrano 2025
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, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monticino (Miocene of Italy)
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