Platyceps sinai

{{short description|Species of snake of the family Colubridae}}

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Baha El Din, S. |author2=Disi, A.M. |author3=Werner, Y.L. |year=2012 |title=Platyceps sinai |volume=2012 |page=e.T184059A1746105 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T184059A1746105.en |access-date=14 November 2023}}

| genus = Platyceps

| species = sinai

| authority = (Schmidt & Marx, 1956)

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Platyceps sinai is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is commonly known as the Sinai racer or Sinai banded racer.{{Cite web|url=http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?src=0&id=644132|title=Species Coluber sinai - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon|website=taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl|access-date=2019-01-20}}

Geographic range

The snake is found in the Middle East, along the south Israel{{Cite web |last=Academy |first=Reptile |date=2024-05-14 |title=A Comprehensive Review of Platyceps sinai |url=https://jerusalem-snakes.com/2024/05/14/a-comprehensive-review-of-platyceps-sinai/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=לוכד נחשים - מוקד מחוז ירושלים |language=he-IL}}-Jordan border from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba, including the Arava Valley. Its range extends to the Sinai Peninsula and the western border of Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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