#1558 · 🦎 reptiles

Caspian Whipsnake

🇳🇱 Kaspische Pijlslang ·Dolichophis caspius

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mihailo Jovicevic · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Aleksandr Popov / Александр Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
5. © Stamatis Kalogiannis · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Ахтубинский р-н, Астраханская обл., Россия:© Aleksandr Popov / Александр Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 35Н-325, Крым, RU:© Дима Журавлёв · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bakhchysarais'kyi, Crimea, Ukraine:© Ekaterina Borovskaya · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Kevin Chen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Caspian whipsnake ( Dolichophis caspius , sometimes also Coluber caspius ) also known as the large whipsnake (among various other species in genus Dolichophis / Coluber ), is a common species of whipsnake found in the Balkans and parts of Eastern Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,899iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,899 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).