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| name = ''Coluber constrictor anthicus''<br />
| image = Coluber_constrictor_anthicus.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Buttermilk racer<br />
| genus = Coluber<br />
| species = constrictor<br />
| subspecies = anthicus<br />
| authority = ([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1862)<br />
| synonyms = * ''Bascanium anthicum'' <small>[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]],1862</small><br />
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'''''Coluber constrictor anthicus''''', commonly known as the '''buttermilk racer''', is a [[subspecies]] of the [[eastern racer]], a non[[venom (poison)|venomous]] [[colubrid]] [[snake]], [[Endemism|endemic]] to the southern [[United States]].<br />
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== Description ==<br />
The buttermilk racer is a thin-bodied snake, capable of attaining a total length of 1.52 m (60 inches). Its color is a unique pattern of [[black]], [[green]]s, [[yellow]]s, [[grey]]s and even sometimes [[blue]]s, flecked with [[white]] or yellow. Their underside is white or cream-colored.<br />
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== Geographic range ==<br />
The buttermilk racer is found only in the [[United States]], in southern [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]] and southern and eastern [[Texas]].<br />
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==Common names==<br />
Other common names for ''Coluber constrictor anthicus'' include the following: ash snake, blue racer, brown racer, Louisiana black snake, spotted black snake, spotted racer, variegated racer, and white oak racer.<ref>[[Albert Hazen Wright|Wright, A.H.]] and A.A. Wright. 1957. ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Comstock. Ithaca and London. 1106 pp. (''Coluber constrictor anthicus'', pp. 136-138, Figure 43., Map 16.)</ref><br />
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== Behavior ==<br />
Racers are [[Diurnal animal|diurnal]], active predators. They are fast moving, and are often quick to bite if handled. They generally eat [[rodent]]s, [[lizard]]s and [[frog]]s, but as juveniles they will also consume various kinds of soft-bodied [[insect]]s. They are fairly nervous snakes, and as such, do not typically fare well in captivity. For protection, they release a foul-smelling scent when caught to deter predators. They also thrash around to escape and can unknowingly injure themselves.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*[http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/coluber.constrictor.html Herps of Texas: ''Coluber constrictor'']<br />
*[http://www.kingsnake.com/louisiana/species_buttermilk_racer.htm Snakes of Louisiana: Buttermilk Racer]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080420092808/http://www.herper.com/snakearticles/racers.html]<br />
Herper dot com<br />
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[[Category:Colubrinae]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of the Southeastern United States]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]]<br />
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