Coluber karelini (spotted desert racer) is a species of snake found in West Asia and Central Asia.

Spotted desert racer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coluber
Species:
C. karelini
Binomial name
Coluber karelini
Brandt, 1838

Distribution

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Its distribution includes Pakistan, Iran (Kavir Desert), Afghanistan, southern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kashmir. The type locality is in western Turkmenistan.

References

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  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Brandt 1838 Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii: 243
  • Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986 Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1-4
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