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The western yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon), [1] also known as the western yellowbelly racer [2] or western racer, [1] is a snake subspecies endemic to the Western United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and Colorado. [3] [4] It is a subspecies of the eastern racer.
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Western yellow-bellied racer (C. c. mormon) Southern black racer (C. c. priapus) eating a southern leopard frog, in Georgia. The eastern racers are fast-moving, highly active, diurnal snakes. Their diet consists primarily of small rodents, other mammals (as large as small cottontail rabbits), frogs, toads, small turtles, lizards, and other snakes.
Racer snakes are typically brown or olive in color with a pale yellow belly and are able to climb into shrubs or other plants while hunting for prey. Racer snakes are common in warm, dry and ...
Other common snakes in the Kansas City area include the Yellow-Bellied Racer, the Prairie Kingsnake, the Speckled Kingsnake and the Eastern Garter Snake, Briggler told The Star. Fortunately, none ...
The eastern yellow-bellied racer is a thin-bodied snake, capable of attaining a total length of 1.5 metres (60 inches). As an adult, its color is an olive grey-green with a yellow underside. As a juvenile it is remarkably different, having a tan or cream-colored body with brown or grey blotches.
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [5] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [6] Its color variations include the Texas ...
Great Plains Rat Snake Colubridae: Arizona elegans: Glossy snake Colubridae: Coluber constrictor mormon § Western yellow-bellied racer Colubridae: Diadophis punctatus: Ring-necked snake Colubridae: Heterodon nasicus: Western hognose snake Colubridae: Hypsiglena torquata: Night snake Colubridae: Lampropeltis getula: Common kingsnake Colubridae ...