Central Texas Whipsnake

Masticophis taeniatus girardi

Classification

Class: Squamata
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae

The striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is closely related to the California whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis). The striped whipsnake is native to the western United States and adjacent northern Mexico.

Distribution

Central Texas Whipsnake — (c) Turner Brockman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 102Mexico · 2

Sources and credits

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Central Texas Whipsnake

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