Coluber constrictor oaxaca

Coluber constrictor oaxaca
Mexican Racer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coluber
Species: C. constrictor
Subspecies: C. c. oaxaca
Trinomial name
Coluber constrictor oaxaca
(Jan, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Coryphodon oaxaca Jan, 1863
  • Bascanion oaxaca Bocourt, 1890
  • Zamenis oaxacæ Boulenger, 1893

The Mexican Racer (Coluber constrictor oaxaca) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake, a subspecies of the Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor). It is found primarily in Mexico, from Tamaulipas to Vera Cruz, with isolated records of it occurring in Nuevo León, Coahuila, Durango, Colima, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. The species also ranges as far north as the United States in southern Texas, and as far south as Guatemala. It is known to intergrade with the Eastern Yellowbelly Racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris).

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