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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.
Racer snakes are also common in warm, dry and brushy areas of Washington and are known for their extremely fast speed. Racer snakes are typically brown or olive in color with a pale yellow belly ...
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.
Species Common Name Colubridae: Pantherophis emoryi: 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 ...
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 ...
Gulf crayfish snake: Regina septemvittata: Queen snake: Storeria dekayi wrightorum: Midland brown snake: Storeria occipitomaculata ssp: Redbelly snake: Thamnophis proximus proximus: Western ribbon snake: Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. Common garter snake: Virginia striatula: Rough earth snake: Virginia valeriae elegans: Western earth snake: Farancia ...