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Blue racers prefer open and semi-open habitats, savanna, old field shoreline, and edge habitats. A mosaic of these habitats is likely required to fulfill the ecological needs of C. c. foxii. In the United States: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Iowa are the only states with extant populations of blue racer.
Blue racer may refer to: the cartoon series The Blue Racer; a subspecies of racer snake, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
30 - 45 inches in length, South Dakota's only venomous snake (bite is potentially fatal to humans), readily identifiable by rattle segment(s) at the end of the tail, light brown to greenish in colouration, triangular-shaped head with pits located below the midline of each eye & nostril Racer (sometimes called the "blue racer")
Racers typically grow to around 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 foot (107 cm) long, but some subspecies are capable of attaining lengths of 6 feet (1.8 metres). Their patterns vary widely between subspecies. Most are solid colored as their common names - e.g. black racer, brown racer, blue racer or green racer - imply.
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.
Colubridae (/ k ə ˈ l uː b r ɪ d iː /, commonly known as colubrids / ˈ k ɒ lj ʊ b r ɪ d z /, from Latin: coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, [2] it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. [1]
An Iditarod competitor has been handed a two-hour penalty after failing to properly gut a moose he killed in “self-defense” during Alaska’s legendary long-distance sled dog race, organizers ...
Blue Racer: northern 2/3: common: minimal Coluber constrictor priapus: Southern Black Racer: southern 1/3: common: minimal Crotalus horridus: Timber Rattlesnake: southern 1/3: state endangered: very high: Diadophis punctatus edwardsii: Northern Ringneck Snake: everywhere but central 2/3: uncommon: minimal Farancia abacura reinwardtii: Western ...