COLUBER CONSTRICTOR FOXII POISONOUS HOW TO

Here, Ryan Wolfe at the University of Toronto is leading a population estimate survey and analysing restoration techniques.

© Jordan Hillīlue racer snakes are threatened in some of their range, such as Ontario in Canada. An in-shed five-foot racer found under and old hunting blind in Huron-Manistee. The Eastern racer snake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, but the different subspecies have not been assessed. They will lay their eggs in covered and protected environment then babies hatch around August-September around seven to 12 inches long. Female snakes will lay annual litter of between five and 26 eggs around June. Males will combat other males for territory. How many eggs for female blue racer snakes lay?Īfter a long winter of hibernation mating season begins in April and ends around May. These snakes' predators include birds of prey, racoon, coyotes, and fox. Adult blue racers feed on a variety of species from rodents, frogs, other snakes, and even some small birds. Neonate racers will feed on crickets, beetles, and grasshoppers. This allows them to hide away at night while their predators come out to hunt. What do blue racer snakes eat?īlue racers are diurnal hunters, meaning they hunt during the day. However, like many other species on this planet, due to habitat loss and degradation, the population of blue racer snakes is in decline. A blue racer displaying some arboreal behaviour. The racers love open forest, fields, old farm pastures, thickets, around marshes, and although they are mostly terrestrial (ground dwelling), although snakes they will often climb and forage. They prefer a drier habitat with sunny spots along with some cover in the mix. © Jordan Hill Where are blue racer snakes found?īlue racer snakes' range covers all of the lower peninsula of Michigan as well as the most southern tip of the upper peninsula down through northern Indiana, Illinois, into parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and the most southern tip of Ontario, Canada on Pelee Island in Lake Erie. An almost two metre adult blue racer in Huron-Manistee National Forest. Blue racers can also commonly be confused with fox snakes when they are juveniles and rat snakes as adults. When threatened they will rattle their tail in the leaves mimicking that of a rattlesnake like lots of other species do. This snake can be mistaken for other types of snakes as well. A subadult blue racer from Northern Michigan. These are only one of the 11 subspecies of racer and are by far the most eccentric. These snakes are very fast and can be skittish at times. This species also has two preoculars and two postocular scales around the eye. They have whitish ventrals with a white-goldish face mask. The blue racer is a long slender greyish-blue snake reaching lengths close to two metres while some still surpassing that mark. It is a subspecies of the Eastern racer snake, a species that is endemic to North and Central America. The scientific name of the blue racer snake is Coluber constrictor foxii. What is the scientific name of the blue racer snake? Learn more about this species in our expert guide by herper and wildlife biology student Jordan Hill.

COLUBER CONSTRICTOR FOXII POISONOUS HOW TO

Blue racer snake guide: how to identify, are they venomous, and where they're found Threatened by habitat loss in some of its range, the blue racer snake is a non-venomous subspecies of the Eastern racer snake.

Coluber constrictor foxii poisonous