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Coachwhip - Coluber flagellum



Red Racer - Coluber flagellum piceus

Chirrionera

(Cope, 1892)

(= Red Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum piceus)






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Range of subspecies in Baja California: Blue
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Baja California Gopher Snake Baja California Gopher Snake Baja California Gopher Snake
Adult, San Marcos Island, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young
Baja California Gopher Snake Baja California Gopher Snake  
Adult from near Puertecitos, Baja California © Stuart Young  
     

References:


Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002.

McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000.

Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018.

Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.

The Reptile Database

San Diego Natural History Museum







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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