Southern Black Racer
Coluber constrictor priapus
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- C. c. priapus – Locale Unknown – photo source Wikipedia
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- C. c. priapus – Louisiana – photo by Evan Grimes, iNaturalist
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region Coluber c. priapus occurs in the extreme northeastern corner of the State of Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listing
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coluber constrictor priapus (Dunn & Wood – 1939)
Genus: Coluber, Latin = snake, serpent
Species: constrictor, Latin = one that constricts – misnomer, this genus does not constrict
Subspecies: priapus, Latin – named for Priapus, the god of procreation
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006