Racer

Weight

1.59 kgsrc for Weight

Length

up to 1.91 msrc for Length

Lifespan

10.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

10.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

50.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

12 – 13.6src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

13.5 months – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Brain mass

271 mg – 303 mg (0.0717% of body mass)src for Brain mass

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyColubridae
6. genusColuber
7. SpeciesColuber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Bascanion constrictor, Bascanion vetustus, Bascanium anthicum, Coluber flaviventris, Coluber mormon, Coluber ortenburgeri, Coryphodon oaxaca, Scoliophis atlanticus, Zamenis conirostris, Zamenis constrictor, Zamenis stejnegerianus

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@misc{coluber_constrictor_2026,
  title = {Racer (Coluber constrictor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coluber-constrictor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}