Genus Coluber
(racers)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Suborder Autarchoglossa (skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Anguimorpha
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  Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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  Superfamily Xenophidia (colubrids, vipers, and relatives)
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  Family Colubridae (colubrids)
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  Genus Coluber (racers)
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  Species Coluber algirus (Algerian whip snake)
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  Species Coluber atayevi
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  Species Coluber bholanathi
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  Species Coluber brevis
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  Species Coluber caspius
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  Species Coluber constrictor (blue racer)
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  Species Coluber cypriensis (Cyprus whip snake)
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  Species Coluber dorri
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  Species Coluber elegantissimus
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  Species Coluber florulentus
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  Species Coluber gemonensis (Balkan whip snake)
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  Species Coluber gracilis
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  Species Coluber gyarosensis
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  Species Coluber hippocrepis (horseshoe snake)
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  Species Coluber insulanus
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  Species Coluber jugularis
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  Species Coluber karelini
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  Species Coluber manseri
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  Species Coluber messanai
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  Species Coluber mormon (western yellow-bellied racer)
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  Species Coluber najadum
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  Species Coluber nummifer
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  Species Coluber ravergieri
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  Species Coluber rhodorhachis
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  Species Coluber rogersi
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  Species Coluber rubriceps
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  Species Coluber schmidti
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  Species Coluber scortecci
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  Species Coluber sinai
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  Species Coluber smithi
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  Species Coluber socotrae
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  Species Coluber somalicus
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  Species Coluber spinalis (slender racer)
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  Species Coluber taylori
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  Species Coluber thomasi (Thomas' racer)
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  Species Coluber variabilis
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  Species Coluber ventromaculatus (glossy bellied racer)
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  Species Coluber viridiflavus (western whip snake)
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  Species Coluber vittacaudatus
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  Species Coluber zebrinus (zebra racer)