The herpetofauna of central Uzbekistan Author Martin, Thomas Edward Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Guillemin, Mathieu Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Nivet-Mazerolles, Valentin Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Landsmann, Cecile Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Dubos, Jerome Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Eudeline, Rémy Emirates Centre for the Conservation of the Houbara, Urtachol massif, Karmana Shirkat farm, Navoi Region, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN & Reneco for Wildlife Preservation, PO Box 61 741, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Author Stroud Abstract. - The, James T. Author Data, Uchkuduk. Author Further, Navoi. text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2017 e 140 2017-06-14 11 1 93 107 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13226477 1525-9153 13226477 Wadi Racer: Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan 1865) (Colubridae) ( Plate 26 ) A widely but disjunctively distributed species, found in east Africa, Arabia, Iran , Central Asia, and the northern Indian sub-continent. It appears to be rare in our study area, being known from a single predated and partially consumed individual (see Plate 26 ) found on the northern border of the Karnabchul steppe, close to a range of rocky foothills, on 17 May 2012 . The species has been previously mapped as occurring in our study area ( Bannikov 1971 ; Sindaco et al. 2011 ).