Green Whip Snake
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| Hierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789) |
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| Coluber gyarosensis Mertens, 1968
Hierophis gyarosensis (Mertens, 1968)
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The Green Whip Snake or Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is found in Andorra, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and possibly Luxembourg. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, and urban areas.
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- Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Mellado, V.P., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Meyer, A., Schmidt, B. 2005. Hierophis viridiflavus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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