Rukwanyoka

Rukwanyoka; Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	† Rukwanyoka ; McCartney et al., 2014
Species:	†R. holmani
Binomial name
	†Rukwanyoka holmani; McCartney et al., 2014

Last updated October 04, 2025

Rukwanyoka is an extinct genus of boine that inhabited Africa during the Oligocene epoch.

Taxonomy

Rukwanyoka is known from a single species, Rukwanyoka holmani, whose vertebral morphology indicates it was a member of the subfamily Boinae.^[1]

References

↑ McCartney, Jacob A.; Stevens, Nancy J.; O'Connor, Patrick M. (19 March 2014). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania". PLoS ONE . 9 (3) e90415. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...990415M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090415 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3960104 . PMID 24646522.

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[1] McCartney, Jacob A.; Stevens, Nancy J.; O'Connor, Patrick M. (19 March 2014). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania". PLoS ONE . 9 (3) e90415. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...990415M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090415 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3960104 . PMID 24646522.

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