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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataReptiliaSquamataColubridaeColuber

North American Racer
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Colubridae
Genus Coluber
Species Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida
Alachua

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N2 Imperiled
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario
S1 Critically Imperiled
Alberta
S1 Critically Imperiled
Saskatchewan
S2 Imperiled
British Columbia
S2 Imperiled
Wisconsin
S2 Imperiled
Oregon
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
S5 Secure
Montana
S5 Secure
New Mexico
S3 Vulnerable
Iowa
S5 Secure
Connecticut
S5 Secure
Nevada
S5 Secure
Illinois
S5 Secure
Vermont
S1 Critically Imperiled
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Michigan
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S5 Secure
Missouri
S5 Secure
South Carolina
S5 Secure
Idaho
S5 Secure
South Dakota
S5 Secure
NH
S3 Vulnerable
Arizona
S1 Critically Imperiled
Tennessee
S5 Secure
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
Kansas
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
California
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
S5 Secure
Massachusetts
S4 Apparently Secure
New York
S4 Apparently Secure
Georgia
S5 Secure
RI
S5 Secure
NJ
SU Unrankable
Minnesota
S3 Vulnerable
ME
S2 Imperiled
District of Columbia
S4 Apparently Secure
Virginia
S5 Secure
Maryland
S5 Secure
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
ND
SNR Unranked
Washington
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S5 Secure
NE
S5 Secure
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
Colorado
S5 Secure
Utah
S4 Apparently Secure
Florida
S4 Apparently Secure
Alabama
S5 Secure
Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
DE
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Morris, T. & Butt, P.L. 1996. Status and distribution of the Florida Cave Shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi) and other species in Herzog Cave, Alachua County, FL.; May, 1996 survey. Report prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 15 pp.

How to cite this account

Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2311. https://cavebiology.org/species/coluber-constrictor/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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