Afro-Asian Cat Snakes
Telescopus
Telescopus, the Old World catsnakes, is a genus of 12 species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous snakes in the Colubridae family.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 26 known species
Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus fallax
Common Tiger Snake
speciesTelescopus semiannulatus
Karoo Tiger Snake
speciesTelescopus beetzi
Arabian Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus dhara
Israeli Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus urii
North African Catsnake
speciesTelescopus tripolitanus
Blue Nile Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus gezirae
Telescopus obtusus
complexTelescopus obtusus
Hoogstraal's catsnake
speciesTelescopus hoogstraali
West African Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus variegatus
Soosan Tiger Snake
speciesTelescopus tessellatus
Black headed snake
speciesTelescopus nigriceps
Desert Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus rhinopoma
Damara tiger snake
speciesTelescopus finkeldeyi
Beautiful Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus pulcher
Al Wusta Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus salvadori
Taif Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus smidi
Masirah Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus insularis
Riyad Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus reussi
Oman Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus forskali
West Arabian Cat Snake
speciesTelescopus guentheri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28443.