Platyceps rhodorachis

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Braid Snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species:
P. rhodorachis
Binomial name
Platyceps rhodorachis
(Jan, 1865)
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Coluber rhodorachis kashmirensis Khan & Khan, 2000
  • Eremiophis rhodorhachis
  • Zamenis rhodorhachis var. tessellata Werner, 1910
  • Zamenis ladacensis var. subnigra Boettger, 1893
  • Gonyosoma dorsale Anderson, 1872
  • Zamenis rhodorachis Jan, 1863
  • Platyceps semifasciatus Blyth, 1860
  • Zamenis ventromaculatus Günther, 1858
  • Etairejus rhodorachis Jan, 1857

Platyceps rhodorachis the common cliff racer, Wadi racer, desert racer, braid snake, or Jan’s cliff racer, is a species of snake found in Central Asia. Two subspecies are recognized: P. r. rhodorachis, the nominate subspecies,[3] and P. l. subniger.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Els, J.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Orlov, N.L.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M.; Papenfuss, T.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Rustamov, A; Munkhbayar, K.; Nuridjanov, D.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Shestopal, A.; Das, A. (2021). "Platyceps rhodorachis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164605A1060890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164605A1060890.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1863)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Platyceps rhodorachis rhodorachis (Jan in Filippi, 1863)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Platyceps rhodorachis subniger (Boettger, 1893)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887 A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407-408
  • Jan 1865 in: De Filippi, Viagg. Pers.: 356
  • Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002 Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
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