Mexican Racer
Coluber oaxaca
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- C. c. oaxaca – Aransas Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- C. c. oaxaca – Cameron Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- C. c. oaxaca – Cameron Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- C. oaxaca – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Coluber oaxaca occurs in south Texas from Calhoun County southward along the coastal region and into the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Further west, it also occurs in counties along the Rio Grande River from Maverick County westward into the Big Bend region of Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listing
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coluber oaxaca (Jan – 1863)
Genus: Coluber, Latin = snake, serpent
Species: oaxaca, New Latin – state of Oaxaca, Mexico — whence holotype purportedly came
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006