Hemorrhois nummifer

Asian racer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species: H. nummifer
Binomial name
Hemorrhois nummifer
Synonyms
  • Coluber nummifer Reus, 1834

The Asian racer[1] (Hemorrhois nummifer or Coluber nummifer) is a species of snake belonging to Colubridae[2] family. Up to meter and a half in length.

Geographic range

It is found in in Armenia, Cyprus, northeast of Egypt, Greece (in the Aegean islands including Kalymnos, Kos or Lipsi), northern Iraq, northeast of Iran, northern and central Israel, Jordan, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Russia, North Caucasus, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey (in its Asian portion).

Description

Up to meter and a half in length. The snake is not poisonous. The color brown bright spots on its back in the form of coins (hence the name). A similar-looking external appearance of the viper is sometimes confused them, but you can notice some differences:

This snake is fed from an active day, rodents, lizards, birds and other snakes

SnakeMovement

References

  1. "The Academy of the Hebrew Language". http://hebrew-terms.huji.ac.il/ (in Hebrew). Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2000. External link in |website= (help)
  2. REUSS (1834). Zoologische miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte (in German) 1. pp. 129–162.

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