Telescopus
Telescopus, 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
Observations951
via GBIF
Article
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.