blue racer
a bluish racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of Ohio to eastern Iowa.
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The "hoop snake" was quite as authentic to us as the blue racer, although no one had actually seen one.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandFor the subspecies of racer involved in my field study the widely used vernacular "blue racer" has been adopted in this report.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. FitchOn several occasions I have been led to a blue racer by the distressed croaking of a frog that the snake had captured.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. FitchThe locale of the present study was near the geographic center of the blue racer's range.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. FitchIn the adult blue racer the dorsal color is variable, pale brown or gray, bluish, greenish or slaty.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. Fitch
British Dictionary definitions for blue racer
a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
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