Platyceps rhodorachis

Braid Snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species:
P. rhodorachis
Binomial name
Platyceps rhodorachis
(Jan, 1865)

Platyceps rhodorachis the common cliff racer, Wadi racer, desert racer, braid snake, or Jan’s cliff racer, is a species of snake found in Central Asia.[2]

Races:

  • subniger: Eritrea to Somalia.
  • kashmirensis: Pakistan (KHAN, pers. comm.); Type locality: from under pile of faggots near house of Master Muhammad Sadiq Goi Madan, Kotli, Azad Kashmir 33°30'N, 74°00'E. 1315 m

Type locality: Arabian Peninsula; Shiraz (Iran) [fide SCHÄTTI & McCARTHY 2004]

Highly variable in external morphology, particularly ventral scales.

References

  1. ^ Els, J.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Orlov, N.L.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M.; Papenfuss, T.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Rustamov, A; Munkhbayar, K.; Nuridjanov, D.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Shestopal, A.; Das, A. (2021). "Platyceps rhodorachis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164605A1060890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164605A1060890.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ Academy, Reptile (2024-02-28). "Platyceps rhodorachis: A Comprehensive Review". לוכד נחשים - מוקד מחוז ירושלים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887 A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407-408
  • Jan 1865 in: De Filippi, Viagg. Pers.: 356
  • Perry, G. 1985 A new subspecies of Coluber rhodorachis (Ophidia: Colubridae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 33:123
  • Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002 Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
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