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Platyceps
Sign in to savePlatyceps is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae endemic to Eurasia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
Observations recorded4,369
紅鞭蛇屬（學名：Platyceps）是蛇亞目游蛇科下的一個單型蛇屬，屬下只有紅鞭蛇（Platyceps collaris）一個品種。主要分布於保加利亞、以色列、約旦、黎巴嫩、敘利亞及土耳其。紅鞭蛇普遍棲息於地中海類型的灌木林中，也會出沒於岩石地帶及平原。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UF, ROM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Oman, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Armenia, Algeria, Iran
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colubrinae
- Image
- Platyceps najadum.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Platyceps
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Encyclopedic overview
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Platyceps is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae endemic to Eurasia.
== Taxonomy == The genus was erected in 1860 by Edward Blyth, allying species previously described.
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