Buttermilk Racer
Coluber constrictor anthicus
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- C. c. anthicus – Harris Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- C. c. anthicus – Harris Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- C. c. anthicus – Harris Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- C. c. anthicus – Harris Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- C. c. anthicus – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- C. c. anthicus Habitat – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- C. c. anthicus – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Coluber c. anthicus occurs only in the longleaf pine and mixed pine-hardwood forests of East Texas. Along the western edge of its range, it intergrades with the Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris).
LEGAL STATUS: No Listing
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coluber constrictor anthicus (Cope – 1862)
Genus: Coluber, Latin = snake, serpent
Species: constrictor, Latin = one that constricts – misnomer, this genus does not constrict
Subspecies: anthicus, Greek = pertaining to flowers, white speckled
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962