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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.
The eastern racer, or North American racer (Coluber constrictor), is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America and Central America. Eleven subspecies , including the nominotypical subspecies , are recognized, which as a group are commonly referred to as the eastern racers.
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.
The Western terrestrial garter snake species is common in most habitats but spends a lot of time in water. These snakes are typically gray-brown or black with a checkered pattern and yellow ...
The racer, or Coluber constrictor, is a nonvenomous snake species found throughout North America, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Adult racers can grow between 20 and 56 inches ...
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.
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 ...
P. ventromaculatus is a graceful snake with a smooth, round, elongate, gradually tapering body, and a tail more than one-fourth the total length. It has a moderately narrow head. It varies in colour and can be grey, olive-brown, olive-green, or dirty yellow. It has a series of black rhomboidal cross-bars running down the middle of the back.