Reptilia - Ophidia - Colubridae
Full reference: J. N. Laurenti. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum [Medical ideas, showing an emended synopsis of the reptiles together with experiences in poisoning by and antidotes of Austrian reptiles]. Published and printed by Johann Thomas von Trattner, Vienna
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to Z. Szyndlar 1984
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Cemophora, Chilomeniscus, Coluber, Dakotaophis, Drymarchon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Gyalopion, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Masticophis, Miocoluber, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Rhinocheilus, Salvadora, Sonora, Stilosoma, Tantilla, Telescopus, Texasophis, Trimorphodon, Zelceophis
Subtaxa: Coronella austriaca, Coronella miocaenica
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore