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© Jordan Hill Where are blue racer snakes found?īlue racer snakes' range covers all of the lower peninsula of Michigan as well as the most southern tip of the upper peninsula down through northern Indiana, Illinois, into parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and the most southern tip of Ontario, Canada on Pelee Island in Lake Erie. An almost two metre adult blue racer in Huron-Manistee National Forest. Blue racers can also commonly be confused with fox snakes when they are juveniles and rat snakes as adults. When threatened they will rattle their tail in the leaves mimicking that of a rattlesnake like lots of other species do. This snake can be mistaken for other types of snakes as well. A subadult blue racer from Northern Michigan. These are only one of the 11 subspecies of racer and are by far the most eccentric. These snakes are very fast and can be skittish at times. This species also has two preoculars and two postocular scales around the eye. They have whitish ventrals with a white-goldish face mask. The blue racer is a long slender greyish-blue snake reaching lengths close to two metres while some still surpassing that mark.

It is a subspecies of the Eastern racer snake, a species that is endemic to North and Central America. The scientific name of the blue racer snake is Coluber constrictor foxii. What is the scientific name of the blue racer snake? Learn more about this species in our expert guide by herper and wildlife biology student Jordan Hill.

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Blue racer snake guide: how to identify, are they venomous, and where they're found Threatened by habitat loss in some of its range, the blue racer snake is a non-venomous subspecies of the Eastern racer snake.

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