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| image = Platyceps bholanathi.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Road kill of ''Platyceps bholanathi''<br />
| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, C. |author2=Srinivasulu, B. |author3=Mohapatra, P. |author4=Giri, V. |year=2013 |title=''Coluber bholanathi'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T194089A2297516 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194089A2297516.en |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><br />
|taxon = Platyceps bholanathi<br />
|authority = ([[Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma]], 1976)<br />
|synonyms = ''Coluber bholanathi'' <small>Sharma, 1976</small><br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/><br />
|range_map = Coluber bholanathi distribution.png<br />
|range_map_caption = ''Platyceps bholanathi'' was originally described from Nagarjuna Hill in Andhra Pradesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Platyceps bholanathi''''', also known as the '''Nagarjun Sagar racer''', '''Nagarjunasagar racer''', '''Nagarjuna racer''', '''Bhola Nath's racer''', or '''Sharma's racer''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiansnakes.org/snakedetails/nagarjun%20sagar%20racer |title=Nagarjun Sagar Racer (''Platyceps bholanathi'' Sharma, 1976) |publisher=IndianSnakes |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> is a species of [[colubrid]] snake. It is found in peninsular [[India]], in the [[Eastern Ghats]] and the [[Deccan Plateau]], in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.<ref name=RDB/> It is a rather recently described species, that was first discovered in 1976, in the [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]] by scientists of the [[Zoological Survey of India]].<br />
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It is a diurnal, fast-moving, active snake, living among rock boulders. It feeds on [[lizards]], small [[mammals]], and [[birds]].<br />
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==Description==<br />
A slender snake; rich brown above with white, black-edged rounded or ovoid spots on the back; underside white.<br />
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Scales: Supralabials 9; loreal 1, preocular 1-2, postocular 2, subpostocular 1 or absent, temporal 2+2 or 2+3; 19 mid body rows; ventral 201-212, anal divided; subcaudal 105-121, paired.<ref name = RDB/><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
This species is known from [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]] in [[Telangana]], [[Tirupati]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Bellary]] in [[Karnataka]] and [[Gingee]] and [[Hosur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], essentially covering all of the rocky hillocks and outcrops in [[south India]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Platyceps |species=bholanathi |accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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* Guptha, Bubesh; Nimmakayala Venkata Sivaram Prasad, Deepak Veerappan. 2012. Rediscovery and range extension of ''Coluber bholanathi'' Sharma, 1976 from Seshachalam hills, Andhra Pradesh, India. Herpetology Notes 6: 447–448.<br />
*Ganesh S. R., Adimallaiah D., Kailash P. K. (2013) New locality records of Nagarjun Sagar Racer Snake, ''Coluber bholanathi'' Sharma, 1976. Herpetotropicos. 9 (1-2): 09–12.<br />
* Seetharamaraju, M. & C. Srinivasulu 2013. Discovery and description of male specimen of Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from Hyderabad, India. Taprobanica 5 (1): 32–35.<br />
* Sharma, R. C. 1976. Some observations on ecology and systematics of ''Coluber bholanati'', a new species of snake from India. Comp. Physiol. Ecol. 1 (3): 105–107.<br />
* Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. Akhil Books, New Delhi, 292 pp.<br />
* Sharma, Vivek; Jose Louies, Aditya Vattam 2013. A Contribution to ''Coluber bholanathi'' Sharma, 1976 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (4): 259–263.<br />
* Smart, Utpal; Eric N. Smith, B.H.C.K. Murthy & Arun Mohanty 2014. Report of Nagarjunasagar Racer ''Coluber bholanathi'' Sharma, 1976 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. JoTT 6 (4): 5671–5674.<br />
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[[Category:Platyceps|bholanathi]]<br />
[[Category:Snakes of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1976]]<br />
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