Tan Racer
Coluber constrictor etheridgei
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- C. c. etheridgei – Hardin Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- C. c. etheridgei – Newton Co, Tx – photo by John Williams
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- C. c. etheridgei Habitat – Hardin Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- C. c. etheridgei – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Coluber c. etheridgei occurs only in the Longleaf pine flatwoods of East Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listing
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coluber constrictor etheridgei (Wilson – 1970)
Genus: Coluber, Latin = snake, serpent
Species: constrictor, Latin = one that constricts – misnomer, this genus does not constrict
Subspecies: etheridgei, honors Richard E. Etheridge
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006