Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Colubridae > Telescopus > Telescopus fallaxTelescopus fallax (Mediterranean Cat Snake, European Catsnake)Synonyms: Ailurophis vivax; Coluber carneus; Coluber vivax; Tarbophis fallax (homotypic); Tarbophis fallax cyprianus; Tarbophis savignyi; Tarbophis vivax f. syriaca; Telescopus fallax christianus; Telescopus fallax intermedius; Telescopus fallax mcewani; Telescopus fallax multisquamatus; Telescopus fallax rhodicus; Trigonophis iberus The European cat snake (Telescopus fallax), also known as the Soosan snake, is a venomous colubrid snake endemic to the Mediterranean and Caucasus regions. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 384 grams |  | | Gestation [1] | 48 days | | Litter Size [1] | 7 |
|
| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
|
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests |
Greece, Turkey, Macedonia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
 |
|
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands |
Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt , Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert |
Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe |
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Balkan mixed forests |
Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests |
Iran, Azerbaijan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Caucasus mixed forests |
Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Crete Mediterranean forests |
Greece |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Cyprus Mediterranean forests |
Cyprus |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Dinaric Mountains mixed forests |
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe |
Iran, Turkey, Armenia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests |
Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Syria |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests |
Turkey |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert |
Oman, United Arab Emirates |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Illyrian deciduous forests |
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Mesopotamian shrub desert |
Iraq, Syria, Jordan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Middle East steppe |
Syria, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert |
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Pindus Mountains mixed forests |
Albania, Greece |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Pontic steppe |
Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert |
Egypt, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Rodope montane mixed forests |
Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
|
|
|
|
|
South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert |
Iran, Iraq, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests |
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
|
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna |
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
|
|
|
|
|
Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh |
Iran, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
|
|
|
|
|
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests |
France, Italy |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
|
|
|
|
| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
|
ANATOLIKI KEA |
|
17681 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
ANTIKYTHIRA - PRASONISI KAI LAGOUVARDOS |
|
17723 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
DELTA ACHELOOU, LIMNOTHALASSA MESOLONGIOU - AITOLIKOU, EKVOLES EVINOU, NISOI ECHINADES, NISOS PETALA |
|
87747 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
DIKTI: OMALOS VIANNOU (SYMI - OMALOS) |
|
9735 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
DIKTI: OROPEDIO LASITHIOU, KATHARO, SELENA, KRASI, SELAKANO, CHALASMENI KORYFI |
|
84034 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
DYTIKES KAI VOREIOANATOLIKES AKTES ZAKYNTHOU |
|
52928 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
DYTIKI MILOS, ANTIMILOS, POLYAIGOS KAI NISIDES |
|
22866 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
EKVOLES EVROTA |
|
13269 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
FARANGI NEDONA (PETALON - CHANI) |
|
3069 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
FENGARI SAMOTHRAKIS, ANATOLIKES AKTES, VRACHONISSIDA ZOURAFA KAI THALASSIA ZONI |
|
40619 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
GIOUCHTAS - FARANGI AGIAS EIRINIS |
|
1769 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
KALON OROS KEFALONIAS |
|
6341 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
KEFALONIA: AINOS, AGIA DYNATI KAI KALON OROS |
|
51188 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
KOLPOS LAGANA ZAKYNTHOU (AKR. GERAKI - KERI) KAI NISIDES MARATHONISI KAI PELOUZO |
|
17193 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
KOURI ALMYROU - AGIOS SERAFEIM |
|
248 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
LAZAROS KORYFI - MADARA DIKTIS |
|
32514 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
LIMNES YLIKI KAI PARALIMNI - SYSTIMA VOIOTIKOU KIFISOU |
|
28680 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
LIMNOTHALASSA KALOGRIAS, DASOS STROFYLIAS KAI ELOS LAMIAS, ARAXOS |
|
8732 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOI SAPIENTZA KAI SCHIZA, AKROTIRIO AKRITAS |
|
27903 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOI STROFADES |
|
1293 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOS CHRYSI |
|
1351 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOS MILOS: PROFITIS ILIAS - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI |
|
13026 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOS PAROS: PETALOUDES |
|
241 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NISOS POLYAIGOS - KIMOLOS |
|
34342 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
NOTIA SERIFOS |
|
11196 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
ORMOS SOUGIAS - VARDIA - FARANGI LISSOU MECHRI ANYDROUS KAI PARAKTIA ZONI |
|
7512 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS CHELMOS (AROANIA) - FARANGI VOURAIKOU KAI PERIOCHI KALAVRYTON |
|
79492 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS CHELMOS KAI YDATA STYGOS |
|
43226 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS ITAMOS - SITHONIA |
|
44557 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS LAKMOS (PERISTERI) |
|
49726 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS OLYMPOS |
|
47295 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS PILIO |
|
89437 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS PILIO KAI PARAKTIA THALASSIA ZONI |
|
76880 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
OROS TAYGETOS |
|
131874 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
PARALIA APO CHRYSOSKALITISSA MECHRI AKROTIRIO KRIOS |
|
5443 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
SAMOS: PARALIA ALYKI |
|
745 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
SAMOTHRAKI: OROS FENGARI KAI PARAKTIA ZONI |
|
51946 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
SERIFOS: PARAKTIA ZONI KAI NISIDES SERIFOPOULA, PIPERI KAI VOUS |
|
13173 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
SKYROS: OROS KOCHYLAS |
|
10104 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
VOREIOANATOLIKO AKRO KRITIS: DIONYSADES, ELASA KAI CHERSONISOS SIDERO (AKRA MAVRO MOURI - VAI - AKRA |
|
32303 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
VOUNA EVROU |
|
104705 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
|
VRACHONISIA NOTIOU AIGAIOU: VELOPOULA, FALKONERA, ANANES, CHRISTIANA, PACHEIA, FTENO, MAKRA, ASTAKID |
|
11289 |
Greece |
|
|
|
|
| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
|
Caucasus |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey |
No |
|
 |
|
Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
|
|
|
Irano-Anatolian |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
No |
|
|
|
Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
No |
|
|
|
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
|