Coluber
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 Buttermilk Racer, Coluber constrictor anthicus
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Coluber is a genus of thin bodied, fast moving, colubrid snakes commonly known as racers. They are widespread around the world and vary greatly in habitat and behaviour. In the past, Coluber was a catch-all genus which included almost all snake species known at the time. Even the cobra was once classified as Coluber naja, but modern taxonomic work has reclassified all but the racers, of which there are 23 currently recognized species.
[edit] Species
- Andreas' Racer, Coluber andreanus (Werner, 1917)
- Sharma's Racer, Coluber bholanathi (Sharma, 1976)
- Short Racer, Coluber brevis
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- Buttermilk Racer, Coluber constrictor anthicus (Cope, 1862)
- Northern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tan Racer, Coluber constrictor etheridgei (Wilson, 1970)
- Eastern Yellowbelly Racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris (Say, 1823)
- Blue Racer, Coluber constrictor foxii (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Brownchin Racer, Coluber constrictor helvigularis (Auffenberg, 1955)
- Blackmask Racer, Coluber constrictor latrunculus (Wilson, 1970)
- Mexican Racer, Coluber constrictor oaxaca (Jan, 1863)
- Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola (Auffenberg & Babbitt, 1955)
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- Southern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor priapus (Dunn & Wood, 1939)
- Coluber dorri (Lataste, 1888)
- Elegant Racer, Coluber elegantissimus (Günther, 1878)
- Graceful Racer, Coluber gracilis (Günther, 1862)
- Sarso Island Racer, Coluber insulanus (Mertens, 1965)
- Coluber largeni (Schãtti, 2001)
- Manser's Black Racer, Coluber manseri (Leviton, 1986)
- Schãtti's Racer, Coluber messanai (Schãtti & Lanza, 1989)
- Western Yellowbelly Racer, Coluber mormon (Baird & Girard, 1852)
- Coluber rubriceps (Venzmer, 1919)
- Coluber schmidtleri (Schãtti & McCarthy, 2001)
- Coluber scortecci (Lanza, 1963)
- Sinai Racer, Coluber sinai (Schmidt & Marx, 1956)
- Smith's Racer, Coluber smithi (Boulenger, 1895)
- Coluber somalicus (Boulenger, 1896)
- Coluber taylori (Parker, 1949)
- Thomas' Semi-banded Racer, Coluber thomasi (Parker, 1931)
- Variable Racer, Coluber variabilis (Boulenger, 1905)
- Coluber vittacaudatus (Blyth, 1854)
- Coluber zebrinus (Broadley & Schãtti, 1997)
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