Striped Racer (Masticophis lateralis)
Description: Masticophis lateralis is 3.0–3.9 feet in total length (including tail). It is slender, with a yellowish stripe along each side, set against a dark brown or black back.
Habitat: Open areas in canyons, rocky hillsides, brushy chaparral, scrub, open woodlands, pond edges, stream courses, desert riparian corridors.
"Ranges into open flatland desert in central Baja California"
Range: The species Masticophis lateralis - Striped Racer, is found only in California and Baja California, Mexico.
Found in these States:
CA
Diet: Eats lizards (particularly spiny lizards), small rodents, small birds, frogs, salamanders, small snakes. Juveniles will consume large insects.
Reproduction: Females are oviparous, laying eggs in late spring or early summer which hatch in two to three months.
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
»» Suborder: Serpentes
»» Superfamily: Colubroidea
»» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
»» Genus: Masticophis
»» Species: Masticophis lateralis - Striped Racer
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