Platyceps afarensis

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Spawls, S. |year=2021 |title=Platyceps afarensis |volume=2021 |page=e.T18032658A18032660 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18032658A18032660.en |access-date=28 June 2023}}

| genus = Platyceps

| species = afarensis

| authority = Schätti & Ineich, 2004

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Platyceps afarensis, the Afar racer, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.{{cite web |title= Platyceps afarensis|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Platyceps&species=afarensis|website=The Reptile Database |access-date=10 December 2021}}

The snake is found in Djibouti.