Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Reptilia > Order: Squamata > Family: Colubridae > Genus: Coluber > Species: Coluber rubriceps

Red-headed whip-snake - Coluber rubriceps (Venzmer, 1919)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	heathland and shrub sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	grassland

Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

Not Applicable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Common Name	Language	Reference
Couleuvre à tête rouge	French	Gasc J.P. and al.
Red-headed whip-snake	English	Gasc J.P. and al.
Rötliche Zornnatter	German	Gasc J.P. and al.

Synonym	Author
Platyceps collaris	(Müller, 1878)
Coluber najadum rubriceps

Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure

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Red-headed whip-snake - Coluber rubriceps (Venzmer, 1919)

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Distribution

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IUCN Red List status of threatened species

EU conservation status

Natura 2000 sites

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