Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Hemorrhois nummifer Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Colubridae Higher classification Hemorrhois | |
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Similar Snake, Hemorrhois, Reptile, Large whip snake, Platyceps najadum | ||
hemorrhois nummifer coin snake being released
The Asian racer (Hemorrhois nummifer or Coluber nummifer) is a species of snake belonging to Colubridae family. Up to meter and a half in length.
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- hemorrhois nummifer coin snake being released
- hemorrhois nummifer
- Geographic range
- Description
- References
hemorrhois nummifer
Geographic range
It is found in Armenia, Cyprus, northeast of Egypt, Greece (in the Aegean islands including Kalymnos, Kos or Lipsi), northern Iraq, northeast of Iran, northern and central Israel, Jordan, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Russia, North Caucasus, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey (in its Asian portion).
Description
Up to meter and a half in length. The snake is not venomous. The color brown bright spots on its back in the form of coins (hence the name). A similar-looking external appearance of the viper is sometimes confused them, but you can notice some differences:
This snake is fed from an active day, rodents, lizards, birds and other snakes
