Coluber karelini

Spotted desert racer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Coluber
Species: C. karelini
Binomial name
Coluber karelini
Brandt, 1838

Coluber karelini (spotted desert racer) is a species of snake found in West Asia and Central Asia.

Distribution

Pakistan, Iran (Kavir desert), Afghanistan, S Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kashmir. Type locality: W Turkmenistan

References

  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Brandt 1838 Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii: 243
  • Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986 Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1-4


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