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Reptile

Slender racer

Coluber gracilis

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals list
Slender racer (Coluber gracilis)

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Scientific name
Coluber gracilis
Family
Colubridae
Group
Reptile

A fast, slim daytime snake.

  • Spot it Slender snake with a patterned back.
  • Home Dry plains and rocky ground.
  • Food web Eats lizards and small animals; eagles and mongooses prey on it.
  • Why it matters Controls lizards and small pests.

Read more: Platyceps gracilis on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Udaipur.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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