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

Balkan whip snake - Coluber gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement
Most preferred habitats
  • heathland and shrub
  • sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in
  • cropland
  • grassland
  • woodland and forest

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

This species has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Balkan whip snake English Gasc J.P. and al.
Balkan-Zornnatter German Gasc J.P. and al.
Couleuvre des Balkans French Gasc J.P. and al.
Synonym Author
Coluber laurenti (Bedriaga, 1881)

Other resources

Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Coluber gemonensis European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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