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Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus (Schlegel, 1837)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Speckled Ground Snake (Drymobius margaritiferus: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1837 Schlegel, Hermann. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. [Essay on the Physiognomy of Serpents.] M. H. Schonekat, Libraire-Editeur, Amsterdam, Netherlands.. 251pp.
1975 Wilson, Larry David. Drymobius margaritiferus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (172):1-2

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