Taxobox | name = Graceful Racer
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Coluber"
species = "C. gracilis"
binomial = "Coluber gracilis"
binomial_authority = (Günther, 1862)
synonyms = "Argyrogena gracilis"
Graceful Racer "Coluber gracilis" is a species of snake found in India.
Description
:"See snake scales for terms used"Snout obtuse; rostral nearly as deep as broad, just visible from above; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal slightly longer than its distance from the end of the snout, nearly as long as the occipitals; loreal nearly as deep as long; one preocular, with a small subocular below 3 two postoculars ; temporals 2+2; 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields as long as or longer than the anterior, separated anteriorly by two scales. Scales smooth, in 21 rows. Ventrals ungulate laterally, 213-228; anal divided; subcaudals 118-121. Yellowish above, with a series of large round brown spots edged with black, separated by narrow interspaces; these spots become more indistinct on the posterior part of the body; a black cross-band on the snout and three angular dark brown black-edged bands on the head, the anterior between the eye, the posterior extending on to the nape; lower parts yellowish, with an irregular series of black spots on each side. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.] Total length 33 inches; tail 10.
Distribution
Maharashtra [Pune = Poona district] , Madhya, Pradesh).
Notes
References
* Günther, A. 1862 On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 9: 124-132
* Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986 Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1-4
External links
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* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Coluber_gracilis.jpg
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Coluber_gracilis_head.jpg