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Coluber

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Coluber

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Colubrinae

Higher classification
  
Colubridae

Coluber Western Yellowbellied Racer Coluber constrictor mormon

Lower classifications
  
Coluber constrictor, Platyceps rhodorachis, Coluber ventromaculatus, Coluber gracilis, Coluber karelini

Coluber constrictor foxii commonly known as the blue racer snake


Coluber is a genus of thin-bodied, fast-moving, colubrid snakes commonly known as racers. They are widespread around the world and vary greatly in habitat and behaviour. In the past, Coluber was a catch-all genus which included almost all snake species known at the time. Even the cobra was once classified as Coluber naja.

Contents

Coluber Eastern Racer Black Racer Little Scorpion

As presented here, the genus is limited to its "modern" content of racers and whipsnakes. Still, some of these species (namely the whipsnakes) are increasingly separated as Dolichophis and others probably also do not really belong here.

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Handling my black racer coluber constrictor spp


Species

The following species and subspecies may be included in the genus Coluber, sensu lato.

Nota bene: In the following list, a taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Coluber.

  • Coluber anthonyi (Stejneger, 1901)
  • Coluber aurigulus (Cope, 1861)
  • Coluber barbouri Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
  • Coluber bilineatus (Jan, 1863)
  • Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
  • Coluber flagellum Shaw, 1802
  • Coluber fuliginosus (Cope, 1895)
  • Coluber lateralis (Hallowell, 1853)
  • Coluber mentovarius (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
  • Coluber schotti (Baird & Girard, 1853)
  • Coluber slevini (Lowe & Norris, 1955)
  • Coluber taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852)
  • References

    Coluber Wikipedia