#1581 · 🦎 reptiles

Dahl's Whip Snake

🇳🇱 Slanke Toornslang ·Platyceps najadum

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
2. © Benny Trapp · CC BY 4.0
3. © Thomas Calame · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © hossein_nabizadeh · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Кемер/Анталия, Турция:© Евгений Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Silifke/Mersin, Turkije:© jvdwinden · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Peloponés, Řecko:© Vojtěch Víta · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Сочи, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Alexey Katz · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ђенаши, Черногория:© Павел Несмеянов · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Platyceps najadum , known commonly as Dahl's whip snake , is a species of snake in the genus Platyceps of the family Colubridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 893iNaturalist 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.
893 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Karl Eichwald in 1831 (195 years ago).