ammonites
Family Colubridae Oppel 1811 (snake)

Reptilia - Ophidia

Invalid subtaxa: Coluber owenii Meyer 1844 [nomen dubium], Elaphis oweni Meyer 1844 [nomen dubium]

Full reference: M. Oppel. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodom einer Naturgeschichte Derselben. Joseph Lindauer, München xii-86

Parent taxon: Colubroidea according to M. Oppel 1811

Sister taxa: Anomalopheidae, Elapidae, Krebsophis, Procerophis, Russellopheidae, Russellophiidae, Vectophis

Subtaxa: Chionactis, Colubrinae, Dipsadinae, Dryinoides, Hierophis, Hispanophis, Leioheterodon, Malpolon, Mionatrix, Nanus, Natricinae, Palaeomalpolon, Palaeonatrix, Paleofarancia, Paraoxybelis, Pollackophis, Pseudocemophora, Xenodontinae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore