Horseshoe snake [1] ( lat. Hemorrhois hippocrepis ) - a species of snakes from the family of the antarctica .
| Horseshoe snake |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Alethinophidia |
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| International scientific name |
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Hemorrhois hippocrepis ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) |
| Synonyms |
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- Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758
- Coluber domesticus Linnaeus, 1767
- Coluber diadema Bonelli, 1834
- Coluber hippocrepis nigrescens Cattaneo, 1985
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| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 61509 |
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Content
The total length reaches 1.5-1.75 m. The head is rounded, the body is slender, slightly cylindrical, the tail is much shorter than the body. It has a relief pattern of large dark brown or black spots along the back. On the sides there is a series of smaller dark spots. There is a horseshoe-shaped spot at the top of the heads. The ventral side is orange or pink, especially bright in young individuals.
Inhabits dry, rocky places. Active during the day, feeds on lizards , birds and rodents .
This is an egg laying snake. The female lays up to 15 eggs.
It lives in Portugal , southern Spain , in the north of Morocco , Algeria , in Tunisia , on the island of Sardinia .
- Hemorrhois hippocrepis hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hemorrhois hippocrepis nigrescens (Cattaneo, 1985) [2]
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., 1988. - S. 290. - 10 500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Hemorrhois hippocrepis
- Linnaeus, 1758: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis , ed. ten.
- Cattaneo, 1985: Il Colubro Ferro di Cavallo dell'isola di Pantelleria: Coluber hippocrepis nigrescens subsp. nova (Reptilia Squamata Colubridae) . Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, vol. 126, p. 165-184.
- Arnold, EN & JA Burton. 1978. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe . Collins London pp. 191-194.
