#1616 · 🦎 reptiles

North American Racer

🇳🇱 Geelbuikslang ·Coluber constrictor

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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9. © Katharina Geiß · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

Coluber constrictor is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snake, endemic to North America and Central America. Eleven subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized, which as a group are commonly referred to as the eastern racers .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 60,021iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
60,021 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).