#1539 · 🦎 reptiles

Horseshoe Whip Snake

🇳🇱 Hoefijzerslang ·Hemorrhois hippocrepis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Eliot Fournial · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © mathias_dezetter · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Niedersachsen, DE:© bianca2703 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Antibes, France:© Lucas Benaiche · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Acima CZ Velez Caroço S, 9000-191 Funchal, Portugal:© Vítor Jorge · CC BY 4.0
10. Valencia, España:© José F. F. · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The horseshoe whip snake ( Hemorrhois hippocrepis ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae . It is native to southwestern Europe and northern Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,851iNaturalist 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.
3,851 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).