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Hierophis cypriensis (Cyprus Whip Snake)

Synonyms: Coluber cypriensis; Dolichophis cypriensis
Language: German

Wikipedia Abstract

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 habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and water storage areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Hierophis cypriensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hierophis cypriensis

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cyprus Mediterranean forests Cyprus Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0