Elegant racer

Platyceps elegantissimus is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is commonly known as the elegant racer.

Elegant racer
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Platyceps
Species:	P. elegantissimus
Binomial name
Platyceps elegantissimus (Günther, 1878)

Geographic range

The snake is found along the southern Israel-Jordan^[2] border from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba, in the southern part of Jordan, and in a major part of the northwest of Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Elegant Racer from Eastern Saudi Arabia