Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Records of Cretaceous marine snakes from Bosnia and Herzegovina have been
known for nearly a hundred years. This paper presents a new finding of a
pachyostotic snake from the local quarry Dubovac, three kilometers northwest
of Bileca. The specimen consists of 29 vertebrae, seven of which are
detached from the slab. The two best preserved vertebrae are almost
square-shaped resembling Simoliophis rochebrunei but neural arches are much
more swollen. Vertebrae and ribs are extremely pachyostotic as in Pachyophis
woodwardi. Since there are no three-dimensional vertebrae of this species
preserved from Bosnia and Herzegovina, precise identification was limited to
a certain extent.</jats:p>