Puerto Rican Racer
Borikenophis portoricensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Borikenophis
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
Puerto Rican Racer (Borikenophis portoricensis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, United States. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, evergreen forest and 2 more. Common: recorded in 102 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Puerto Rican Racer (prymnus) Borikenophis prymnus
- Saint Croix Racer Borikenophis sanctaecrucis
- Puerto Rican Racer (variegatus) Borikenophis variegatus
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.