Antaresia Wells & Wellington, 1984

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

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Material examined.

Antaresia childreni (Gray, 1842) (UMMZ 190746).

Description (Fig. 168).

Trunk vertebrae. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above. Neural arch moderately vaulted.

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above.

Number of vertebrae. Data from literature: Antaresia childreni : 275 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 48+ caudal vertebrae ( Alexander and Gans 1966).