Balkan Whip Snake

Balkan Whip Snake
Balkan Whip Snake
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Hierophis
Species: H. gemonensis
Binomial name
Hierophis gemonensis
(Laurenti, 1768)
Synonyms

Coluber gemonensis Laurenti, 1768

The Balkan Whip Snake, Hierophis gemonensis, is a species in the family Colubridae.

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Geographic range

It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.


Habitat

Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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