Coluber karelini

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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

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

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Distribution

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

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