Hemorrhois ravergieri

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Spotted Whip Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species: H. ravergieri
Binomial name
Hemorrhois ravergieri
(Ménétries, 1832)

Hemorrhois ravergieri, commonly called the Spotted Whip Snake is a species of snake found in Central Asia and South Asia.

[edit] Distribution

  • Former Soviet Union (Caucasus), eastern shore of Caspian Sea east to E Kazakhstan,
  • Greece (Kos), Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Hindustan, Jordan,
  • Syria, Israel, W Mongolia, NW China (Xinjiang)
  • Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

[edit] References

  • Böhme,W. 1993 Coluber ravergieri - Ravergiers Zornnatter. In: Böhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I. Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 145-154
  • Ménétries, E. 1832 Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse. L'Académie Impériale des Sciences, St. -Pétersbourg
  • Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004 Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 (2): 239-256
  • Schweiger, Mario 1991 Coluber ravergieri Menetries, 1832 - eine ungewöhnliche Zornnatter. Teil 1: Beschreibung, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Giftwirkung Herpetofauna 13 (70): 30-34

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