Coluber constrictor flaviventris

(Say, 1823)

Vernacular names
English : Yellow-bellied racer
French : Couleuvre agile à ventre jaune

Classification
Class : Reptilia
Order : Squamata
Family : Colubridae
Notes : 10 other subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach up to 1.85 m in length for a weight up to at least 500 g. Large head with big round eyes, indistinct from the neck. This subspecies is olive-brown with yellowish lower flanks and belly.

Range and habitat
This subspecies occurs in Central USA, from Dakota and Iowa to Texas. Species found from south Canada to most of USA, south to Mexico and Guatemala. Mostly found in dry open woodlands and shrublands, also marshes.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species remains very common in many parts of its range. Local declines have been experienced because of loss of habitat to agriculture.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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