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#1758 · 🦎 reptiles

Desert Coachwhip

Masticophis piceus

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Dan Fitzgerald (Fitz) · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. Pima County, US-AZ, US:© David DuBois · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. California, US:© Kevin Chen · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. N Black Cross Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85266, USA:© Steve Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. California, US:© pbsands · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. San Benito County, US-CA, US:© dryan · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. San Diego County, US-CA, US:© Kevin Chen · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. San Luis Obispo County, US-CA, US:© Ryan Singer · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Santa Clarita, CA, USA:© NHMLA Community Science Program · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Salton Sea State Recreation Area, Mecca, CA, US:© Melita · CC BY-NC 4.0
Desert Coachwhip, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Dan Fitzgerald (Fitz) · CC BY-NC 4.0

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,971iNaturalist observations

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.
  • 5,971 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Desert Coachwhip
scientific name
Masticophis piceus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Colubridae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
5,971
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Colubridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1687044. Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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