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"blue" Racer
- Colouration
- Bluish-green, pale olive or dark olive above. The abdomen is pale yellow--the chin and throat are lighter.
- Dimensions
- The writer's largest specimen is four and a half feet long.
- Distribution
- The United States generally, west of the Mississippi River.
- Habits
- Like the typical form.
More slender than the typical form--the Blacksnake--and of smaller size.
The lightest specimens are from the western portion of the Mississippi Valley. Individuals from the Pacific Region are dull olive.