#1670 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © johnwilliams · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Kerry Matz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Rachel Romine · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joshua Tree National Park · CC BY 4.0
6. © Eric Soehren · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Georgia, US:© natalie_likes_snakes · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 32459, Santa Rosa Beach, FL, US:© jtalbert04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. North Edisto River, Seabrook Island, SC, US:© David Gardner · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© Kevin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip or the whip snake , which is endemic to the United States and Mexico. Seven subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,913iNaturalist 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.
12,913 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1802 (224 years ago).