Biology:Dolichophis

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Dolichophis
Coluber caspius.jpg
Dolichophis caspius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Dolichophis
Gistel, 1868

Dolichophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Dolichophis are found in Southeast Europe and the Middle East.[1]

Species

Four species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Dolichophis andreanus
(F. Werner, 1917)
Andreas's racer Iran
File:Caspian whipsnake - Kaspische toornslang - Dolichopus caspius.tif Dolichophis caspius
(Gmelin, 1789)
Caspian whipsnake Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, southern Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, southern Russia , Serbia, Turkey, southern Ukraine
Dolichophis jugularis02.jpg Dolichophis jugularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
black whipsnake, large whip snake Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Syria, Turkey
Dolichophis schmidti02.jpg Dolichophis schmidti
(Nikolsky, 1909)
red-bellied racer, Schmidt's whip snake Caucasus and Middle East, from Dagestan to Turkmenistan and south into Syria, Jordan, and northern Iran

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dolicophis.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1939702 entry