Photo of a Large Whip Snake (jugularis) (Dolichophis jugularis)
Photo: alonre, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Large Whip Snake (jugularis)

Dolichophis jugularis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dolichophis
Continents
Europe, Asia
Countries
9
How common
Common

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About

Large Whip Snake (jugularis) (Dolichophis jugularis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq 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 199 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.

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