''Platyceps plinii'' commonly known as ''Banded racer'' or ''Merrem’s racer'' is a species of snake of the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
.
The snake
is found in Asia.
[
''Description''ː
Body reddish to grayish brown. Lower sides of scales dark. Adults uniColour, indistinct
light grayish crossbars on anterior part of body in juveniles, ventrum cream.]
References
plinii
Reptiles described in 1820
Taxa named by Blasius Merrem
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