#1573 · 🦎 reptiles

Cat Snake

🇳🇱 Katslang ·Telescopus fallax

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. © diegoreggianti · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Parham Beyhaghi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Γαύδος, Γαύδος, Κρήτη, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Пафос, Кипр:© Александр Гончаров · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Магарамкентский р-н, Респ. Дагестан, Россия:© Leonid A. Neymark · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Starigrad, Croatie:© Aurelie Laurent · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The European cat snake ( Telescopus fallax ), also known as the Soosan snake , is a venomous colubrid snake endemic to the Mediterranean and Caucasus regions.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,108iNaturalist 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.
1,108 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Friedrich Ludwig Fleischmann in 1831 (195 years ago).