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Telescopus
Sign in to saveTelescopus, the Old World catsnakes, is a genus of 12 species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous snakes in the family Colubridae.
Species
Cat Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
Telescopus es un género de serpientes de la familia Colubridae. Sus especies se distribuyen por el sudeste de Europa, la mitad occidental de Asia y África.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, OMNH, UF, CAS, MVZ, TM
- Recorded in
- Egypt, Angola, Namibia, Sudan, Israel, Tanzania, Sans Origine, Iraq
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colubrinae
- Image
- Telescopus semiannulatus.jpg
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- Telescopus
- taxon name
- Telescopus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Telescopus
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geographic range
- Description
- Habitat and Behaviour
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Venom
- Species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Telescopus, the Old World catsnakes, is a genus of 12 species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous snakes in the family Colubridae.
==Geographic range== Species of the genus Telescopus are found from the Balkans and Pakistan through to southern and western Africa, plus two species in northern Eurasia.
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