Dolichophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dolichophis
Species (4): D. andreanus – D. caspius – D. jugularis – D. schmidti
D. caspius -

Name

Dolichophis Gistel, 1868: 155
References
Primary references

Gistel, J. 1868. Die Lurche Europas. Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der geographischen Verbreitung derselben. pp. 144–167 In: Gistel, J. (Ed.). Blicke in das Leben der Natur und des Menschen. Verlag von Ed. Wartig: Leipzig. 274 pp. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Dolichophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2021.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Große Pfeilnattern
English: Greater Whip Snakes

Dolichophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range

Species in the genus Dolichophis are found in Southeast Europe and the Middle East.[1]
Species

Four species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dolichophis andreanus (Werner, 1917)	Andreas's racer	Iran
	Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)	Caspian whipsnake	Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Moldova, Montenegro, southern Ukraine, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and southern Hungary
	Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)	black whipsnake	Syria, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Turkey and Malta.
	Dolichophis schmidti (Nikolsky, 1909)	red-bellied racer and Schmidt's whip snake	the Caucasus and the Middle East, from Dagestan to Turkmenistan and south into Syria, Jordan, and northern Iran.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dolicophis.
References

Genus Dolichophis at The Reptile Database