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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
Observations recorded4,442
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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- Geographic range
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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.