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    A colubrid snake from the late Miocene of Kutch, Gujarat, India
    (Palaeontological Society Of India, 2021-12-31T00:00:00) Singh, Ningthoujam Premjit; Singh, Nongmaithem Amardas; Kumar Sharma, K. Milan; Patnaik, Rajeev; Singh, Yumlembam Priyananda; Chaudhary, Deepak
    Fossil snakes are extremely rare in the Indian Neogene records. We report the first record of isolated precloacal vertebrae of a �colubrine� snake from a late Miocene site, Tapar section in Kutch, Gujarat (India). The present specimens differ from the earlier finding of a colubrid from a younger deposit of Labli Member, Utterbaini Formation of Upper Siwaliks (Jammu and Kashmir) by the absence of hyapophyses. The �colubrine� snakes of late Miocene (~11-10 Ma) perhaps lived in a relatively wetter environment compared to the present �colubrine� from Kutch. � 2021 Palaeontological Society Of India. All rights reserved.