Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Coluber
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North American Racer
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Nordamerikanische Schwarznatter
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Nordamerikansk Pilsnog
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Coluber Linnaeus (type species: Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758) |
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1817 | |
Scoliophis Davis, Bigelow & Gray (type species: #Scoliophis atlanticus = Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758) |
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1853 | |
Bascanion Baird in Baird & Girard (type species: Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Other common names:
Holarctic Whip Snakes, Holarctic Racers (used when the genus also included Old World species)
Remarks:
Now restricted to contain a single species. Previously included the species now placed in
Argyrogena,
Bamanophis,
Dolichophis,
Hemerophis,
Hemorrhois,
Hierophis,
Orientocoluber, and
Platyceps. The genera
Masticophis and
Ptyas have been synonymized with
Coluber by some authors (see remarks under these genera).
Apparently, the common names "racer" and "whip snake" are used randomly for snakes of the genera mentioned above, with the exception of C. constrictor, which is generally referred to as the North American Racer.
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Coluber constrictor
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North American Racer, Eastern Racer
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Nordamerikanische Schwarznatter
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Nordamerikansk Pilsnog
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1758 | |
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus |
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1817 | |
Scoliophis atlanticus Davis, Bigalow & Gray |
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1823 | |
Coluber flaviventris Say |
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Coluber constrictor flaviventris Garman 1883 |
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1852 | |
Coluber mormon Baird & Girard |
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Coluber constrictor mormon Van Denburgh & Slevin 1921 |
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1853 | |
Bascanion foxii Baird & Girard |
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Coluber constrictor foxi Schmidt 1953 |
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1853 | |
Bascanion fremonti Baird & Girard (Williams 1962) |
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1853 | |
Bascanion vetustus Baird & Girard (Schmidt 1953) |
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1862 | |
Bascanion anthicum Cope |
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Coluber constrictor anthicus Dunn & Wood 1939 |
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1863 | |
Coluber oaxaca Jan |
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Coluber constrictor oaxaca Wilson 1966 |
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1895 | |
Zamenis conirostris Cope (Smith & Taylor 1945) |
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1895 | |
Zamenis stejnegerianus Cope (Wilson 1966, 1978) |
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Coluber constrictor stejnegerianus Muliak & Muliak 1942 |
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Coluber ortenburgeri Stuart (Etheridge 1952a; Wilson 1978) |
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1939 | |
Coluber constrictor priapus Dunn & Wood |
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Coluber constrictor hasti Bell (Wilson 1978) |
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Coluber constrictor paludicola Auffenberg & Babbitt |
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1955 | |
Coluber constrictor helvigularis Auffenberg |
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Coluber constrictor etheridgei Wilson |
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1970 | |
Coluber constrictor latrunculus Wilson |
Other common names:
anthicus: Buttermilk Racer
constrictor: Northern Black Racer
etheridgei: Tan Racer
flaviventris: Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
foxi: Blue Racer
helvigularis: Brown-chinned Racer
latrunculus: Black-masked Racer
mormon: Western Yellow-bellied Racer
oaxaca: Mexican Racer, Southern Racer
paludicola: Everglades Racer
priapus: Southern Black Racer
Remarks:
Fitch, Brown & Parker (1981) suggested recognition of mormon as a separate species, but the results of Corn & Bury (1986) did not support this, and most subsequent publications have retained it as a subspecies of constrictor (e.g., Greene 1984; Corn & Bury 1986; Dixon 2000). Although previously reported from Durango (e.g., Smith 1971; Wilson 1978), presence in the state is undocumented (Webb 2001). Smith (1971) concluded that all Pacific slope records from Mexico (Colima, Oaxaca) appear to be erroneous.
Introduced to:
Bahamas
(Grand Bahama).
Distribution:
Belize,
Canada
(British Columbia,
Ontario,
Saskatchewan),
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Baja California Norte,
Chiapas,
Coahuila,
Hidalgo,
Nuevo Leon,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz),
USA
(Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York
[incl.
Long Island],
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming).
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Coluber constrictor
© Rune Midtgaard
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