Coluber karelini
| Spotted desert racer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Coluber |
| Species: | C. karelini
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| Binomial name | |
| Coluber karelini Brandt, 1838
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Coluber karelini (spotted desert racer) is a species of snake found in West Asia and Central Asia.
Distribution[]
Its distribution includes Pakistan, Iran (Kavir Desert), Afghanistan, southern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kashmir. The type locality is in western Turkmenistan.
References[]
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Brandt 1838 Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii: 243
- Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986 Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1-4
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Categories:
- Colubrids
- Reptiles of Pakistan
- Reptiles described in 1838
- Colubrid stubs