Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 (black racer)
Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 53099
Alternative combination: Bascanion constrictor
Belongs to Coluber according to J. A. Holman 1985
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber cadurci, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: NHR (form. MDG) Lin-456 (1380mm female (extant specimen)).
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore