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Elegant Racer
Platyceps elegantissimus
Platyceps elegantissimus is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is commonly known as the elegant racer.
From the article Elegant racer on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The snake is found along the southern Israel-Jordan border from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba, in the southern part of Jordan, and in a major part of the northwest of Saudi Arabia.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Platyceps elegantissimus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146372.