Cyprus Whip Snake
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The Cyprus Whip Snake or Zypern-schlanknatter (Hierophis cypriensis) is a species of snake
in the Colubridae family.
It is endemic to Cyprus
.
Its natural habitat
s are temperate forest
s, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marsh
es, intermittent freshwater marches, and water storage areas.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
in the Colubridae family.
It is endemic to Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
s are temperate forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
es, intermittent freshwater marches, and water storage areas.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P. & Crochet, P.-A. 2005. Hierophis cypriensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.