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title: "Salmon-bellied Racer"
description: "Mastigodryas melanolomus — Reptielen. Mastigodryas melanolomus, the salmon-bellied racer, is a species of snake found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/salmon-bellied-racer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Salmon-bellied Racer

> Mastigodryas melanolomus — Reptielen. Mastigodryas melanolomus, the salmon-bellied  racer, is a species of snake found in Mexico,  Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

- Scientific name: *Mastigodryas melanolomus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1737
- Wikidata: [Q3298084](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3298084)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29404](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29404)

## Names

- en: Salmon-bellied Racer
- de: Amerikanische Peitschennatter
- es: Culebra lagartijera común

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1096), CR (331), HN (46), BZ (34), PA (26), GT (16)

## Summary

Mastigodryas melanolomus, the salmon-bellied  racer, is a species of snake found in Mexico,  Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastigodryas_melanolomus

## Photo

![Salmon-bellied Racer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/salmon-bellied-racer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jim · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224165991

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/salmon-bellied-racer?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).