Hemorrhois
| Hemorrhois | |
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| Hemorrhois hippocrepis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Hemorrhois H. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Hemorrhois is a genus of four species of non-venomous snakes in the family Colubridae, commonly referred to as whip-snakes and Asian racers, respectively.[1] Species are found in drier regions of Eurasia, from the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco and Northern Africa; from Greece and Asia Minor to the Levant and the Caucasus, as far east as Kyrgyzstan.[2]
Some Hemorrhois are also found on islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, including the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), Cyprus, Formantera and Ibiza (Spain),[3] Malta, Rhodes and Kalymnos (Greece), and Sardinia (Italy).[4]
Species
It contains the following four species:[1]
- Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863) - Algerian whip snake
- Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758), horseshoe whip snake
- Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) - Asian racer, coin-marked snake
- Hemorrhois ravergieri (Ménétries, 1832) - spotted whip snake
References
- ^ a b Hemorrhois at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Observations • iNaturalist". iNaturalist. 26 July 2024.
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