Northern black racer facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Coluber constrictor constrictor |
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| Coluber constrictor constrictor, northern black racer |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Coluber |
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C. c. constrictor
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| Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
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The northern black racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) is a subspecies of the eastern racer (Coluber constrictor), a nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The subspecies is present in the northeastern United States.
Geographic range
Coluber constrictor constrictor ranges from Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi in the south, to central New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in the north, to Tennessee, Kentucky, and eastern Ohio in the west. At the southern end of their range, they overlap with Coluber constrictor priapus, the southern black racer, and at the westward end they overlap with Coluber constrictor flaviventris, the eastern yellow-bellied racer.
Symbol
The northern black racer is the state reptile of Ohio.
Gallery
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Adult northern black racer, C. c. constrictor
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Adult northern black racer, C. c. constrictor in typical habitat
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Adult black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta, often confused with the northern black racer
