Coluber constrictor

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Noun1.Coluber constrictor - blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feetColuber constrictor - blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
black racer, blacksnake
racer - slender fast-moving North American snakes
blue racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris - bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas
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It looks like the shed snake skin in your photo belongs to either an eastern ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghanensis) or a black racer (Coluber constrictor).
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Other species of reptiles observed at the site were North American Racer (Coluber constrictor) and Gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer); neither was abundant.
Discovery of the parthenogenetic Colorado Checkered Whiptail, Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Squamata: Teiidae), in Washington state
Other frequently observed species include rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus; n = 40, 15.9% of total snakes observed) gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides; n = 27, 10.7%), racer (Coluber constrictor; n = 18, 7.2%), and timber rattlesnake (n = 14, 5.6%).
A non-disruptive assessment of a southern Illinois snake den 60 years after Conway
Within the reptiles, 14.9% of captures were Anolis carolinensis, 13.5% were Sceloporus undulatus, 13.5% were Coluber constrictor, and 10.8% were Agkistrodon piscivorous.
The small vertebrates of a mixed bottomland forest habitat associated with a marsh in central Georgia with comments on the effectiveness of trap type
Family/Host Locale Reference Colubridae Coluber constrictor unknown Wallander (1968) constrictor C.
First report of Ochetosoma aniarum (Digenea: Ochetosomatidae) from the Brazos water snake, Nerodia harteri (Serpentes: Colubridae), in Texas, with a summary of definitive hosts of this parasite
Bufo fowleri (juveniles) and Coluber constrictor accounted for 75.6% of the observations during coverboard checks.
If you build it, they will come: herpetofaunal colonization of constructed wetlands and adjacent terrestrial habitat in the Cache River drainage of southern Illinois
Body Temperature Selection of Black Racers (Coluber constrictor) in Middle Tennessee.
Student presentation awards at the 114th meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science
Bay # Captures Species Status 5 0 124 1 Black Racer, Coluber constrictor dead, partially decomposed 126 0 131 1 Black Racer, Coluber constrictor dead, recently 1 Rat Snake, Elaphe obsoleta dead, recently 1 Water Snake, Nerodia?
Do erosion control and snakes mesh?
Coluber constrictor foxii (Baird and Girard, 1853), Blue Racer (I, II, III)
Herpetological assemblages of the Michigan Regional Landscape Ecosystems
The researchers let females in outdoor cages see a tethered southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus).
The social lives of snakes: from loner to attentive parent
Post-burn transect searches of the site revealed one yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor) mortality due to the fire.
Potential effects of mowing prior to summer burning on the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Holt County, Missouri, USA
laticeps, two Coluber constrictor and two Elaphe obsoleta.
Response of herpetofaunal communities to forest cutting and burning at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland
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