Western whip snake
Hierophis viridiflavus
Summary 7
The Green Whip Snake or Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. There is a larger, often pure black variant found in Southern Italy and referred to there as 'Il Biacco'.
Range description 8
This species ranges from northeastern Spain; western, southern, eastern and northeastern France; and southern Switzerland, through most of Italy, to southwestern Slovenia and northern Croatia. It is present on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica (France), Sardinia, Sicily and most other Italian islands, Krk (Croatia), and Malta. The species may occur in Luxembourg, but this requires verification. The species is absent from Austria. It has also been translocated to the island of Gyaros (Greece) in the Aegean Sea where it was previously recognized as a distinct species Hierophis gyarosensis. It ranges from sea level up to 2,000m asl.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Marco Bertolini, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/shunkamanitotanka/6211757988/
- (c) Marco Bertolini, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6113/6211757988_136cfcd91e.jpg
- (c) Sarah Gregg, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/9608292564_90f859243c_o.jpg
- (c) Wikimedia Commons, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Hierophis_viridiflavus01.jpg/460px-Hierophis_viridiflavus01.jpg
- (c) Jean-Jacques MILAN 12:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC), algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hierophis_viridiflavus.jpg/460px-Hierophis_viridiflavus.jpg
- (c) Sarah Gregg, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/9608288492_fc838ce3e4_o.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierophis_viridiflavus
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18813509
