A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
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Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove (Anat.), agroove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges ofwhich unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brainand spinal cord are developed.-- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in atransverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to thebark.-- Medullary sheath (Anat.), the layer of white semifluid substance(myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis cylinder of amedullated nerve fiber.
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