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species

European Cat Snake
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Colubridae - colubrids »  genus Telescopus

Scientific synonyms

Tarbophis fallax Fleischmann, 1831
Tarbophis vivax (Fitzinger, 1826)
Ailurophis vivax (Fitzinger, 1826)

Other names

= Mediterranean Cat Snake

Least Concern LC

Images

Telescopus fallax - European Cat Snake

female

Author: Petr Balej

Telescopus fallax - European Cat Snake

Author: RNDr. Jan Ševčík

Telescopus fallax - European Cat Snake

Author: RNDr. Jan Ševčík

juvenile animal


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Included taxa

Number of records: 7

subspecies Telescopus fallax cyprianus Barbour & Amaral, 1927
subspecies Telescopus fallax fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)
subspecies Telescopus fallax iberus (Eichwald, 1831)
subspecies Telescopus fallax intermedius (Gruber, 1974)
subspecies Telescopus fallax multisquamatus (Wettstein, 1952)
subspecies Telescopus fallax pallidus (Štěpánek, 1944)
subspecies Telescopus fallax syriacus (Boettger, 1889)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [157258]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
EN HR Check lists of Croatian Reptiles [as Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)]
Data retrieved on: 31 July 2012

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