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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