Balkan Whip Snake
Hierophis gemonensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hierophis
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Common
About
Balkan Whip Snake (Hierophis gemonensis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest and 22 more. Common: recorded in 367 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Meadow
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mediterranean Shrubland
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
- Cliffs
- Gorges
- Scree Slopes
- Mountain Slopes
- Rock Crevices
- Coastal Scrub
- Mediterranean Scrubland
- Mediterranean Pine Forest
- European Deciduous Forest
Related snakes
- Cyprus Whip Snake Hierophis cypriensis
- Western Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.