Banded racer

Banded racer
	Wild specimen from Maharashtra, India
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Platyceps
Species:	P. plinii
Binomial name
	Platyceps plinii; V.Deepak & Surya Narayanan 2021
Synonyms
	Coluber fasciolatus Shaw, 1802; Coluber hebe Daudin, 1803; Coluber curvirostris Cantor, 1839; Coryphodon fasciolatus Günther, 1858; Tyria fasciolata Cope, 1862; Zamenis fasciolatus Günther, 1864; Argyrogena rostrata Werner, 1924; Argyrogena fasciolata Wilson, 1967;

The banded racer (Platyceps plinii) is a species of colubrid snake,in the genus Platyceps

Geographic range

It is found in India except for North Bengal tamilnadu and Kashmir,^[3] Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Description

Snout obtuse, curved and prominent; rostral large, broader than wide, the portion visible from above more than half its length from the frontal; suture between the internasals as long as that between the prefrontals or a little shorter; frontal nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, or as the parietals; loreal as long as deep or longer than deep; one pre-ocular, usually with a small subocular below; two or three postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3; upper labials 8, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields nearly as long as the anterior, separated from each other by two or three series of scales. Dorsals smooth, in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 197–225; anal divided; subcaudals 73–88. Yellowish or brownish olive above, with narrow white, brown, and black variegated cross bands on the anterior half of the body; these bands may entirely disappear in the adult; lower parts uniform yellowish.^[4]

Total length 1060 mm (3.5 feet); tail 220 mm (8.5 inches).

Shaw's original description of the species was based on a plate in Russell, Ind. Serp. (1796).

Notes

^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
^ "Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) Banded Racer". Indian Snakes. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615
Wilson, Larry David 1967 Generic reallocation and review of Coluber fasciolatus Shaw (Serpentes: Colubridae) Herpetologica 23 (4): 260-275
Revealing two centuries of confusion:new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of/ v deepak 2021 https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e64345

External links

Photo of Argyrogena fasciolata on Flickr
Photo of Argyrogena fasciolata on Cal Photos
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[1] The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[2] Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.

[3] "Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) Banded Racer". Indian Snakes. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.

[4] Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

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