Hemorrhois

Hemorrhois
Hemorrhois hippocrepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemorrhois
H. Boie, 1826
Type species
Hemorrhois hippocrepis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Hemorrhois is a squamate genus containing four species of aglyphous (non-venomous) ophidian colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as whip-snakes and Asian racers, respectively.[1] Snakes of this genus are found in an array of habitats, though they predominantly inhabit arid regions, with the most common three species of the four being found on the Iberian Peninsula and in Morocco and Northern Africa. The species H. nummifer, the Asian racer, is found in the far east of mainland Greece, Turkey and the Levant (as far south as Jordan), as well as across Armenia and into Northern Iran, ranging as far east as Kyrgyzstan.[2][3]

Snakes of the genus Hemorrhois are also found on certain islands in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, including the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), Cyprus, Formantera and Ibiza (Spain),[4] Malta, Rhodes and Kalymnos (Greece), and Sardinia (Italy).[5]

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  3. ^ "Observations • iNaturalist". 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Observations • iNaturalist". iNaturalist. 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Observations • iNaturalist". iNaturalist. 26 July 2024.