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Dahl's Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum), family Colubridae, Bulgaria
Photograph by Peter Newt
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Dahl's Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum), family Colubridae, Bulgaria
Photograph by Peter Newt
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Slender Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum), family Colubridae, Samothraki Island, Greece
Photograph by Doru Panaitescu
Slender Whip Snake - Platyceps najadum
Also known as Dahls Wipe Snake, Platyceps najadum (Colubridae) is one of the smallest European snakes. It is found in the southern Balkan from South Yugoslavia through Greece and Turkey to Syria and Iraq. This snake is protected in Europe.
Platyceps najadum reaches 135 cm as maximum size, but the average size is about 100 cm. The ground color is beige-brown or reddish-brown with several large dark spots on the sides of the throat.
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Photo credit: ©Aleksandar Simović | Locality: Serbia (2014)