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Coluber gracilis (GÜNTHER, 1862)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesGraceful Racer, Slender Racer 
SynonymZamenis gracilis GÜNTHER 1862: 125
Tyria gracilis — COPE 1862: 338
Zamenis gracilis — BOULENGER 1890
Zamenis gracilis — BOULENGER 1893: 404
Coluber gracilis — SMITH 1943: 171
Eremiophis gracilis
Coluber gracilis —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986
Coluber gracilis — DAS 1996: 55
Argyrogena gracilis — SHARMA 2004
Coluber gracilis — MURTHY 2010 
DistributionIndia (Gujarat, Maharashtra [Pune = Poona district], Madhya Pradesh) Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
Types 
CommentEtymology: Named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1862. Notes upon some reptiles of the Old World. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 337-344 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1862. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 9: 124-132 - get paper here
  • Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp.
  • Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • VYAS, R., V. V. PATEL & M. N. THAKUR: 2011. Records of the Slender Racer, Coluber gracilis (GÜNTHER, 1862), from Gujarat State with Notes on its Distribution SAURIA, Berlin 33 (2): 51-56 - get paper here
  • Whitaker, Romulus<br />and Ashok Captain 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp. - get paper here
 
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