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Floreana Racer
Pseudalsophis biserialis
The Galápagos racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis or Philodryas biserialis) is a Colubrid snake in the genus Pseudalsophis which is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is a constrictor and only mildly venomous and is considered non-aggressive and harmless to humans. There are two subspecies: the Eastern and Western racer, the latter being larger, longer and darker than the Eastern variety. The Western subspecies also specializes in hunting fish, while both subspecies eat small reptiles, eggs, rodents and...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59935.