This snake was found in central Afghanistan...any ideas as to what it is?
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Snake ID for Central Afghanistan
Jamestomlinson
Jul 09, 2006 07:20 PM
Replies (8)
Jamestomlinson
Jul 09, 2006 07:24 PM
Picture...
Greg Longhurst
Jul 09, 2006 08:35 PM
My first thought is that it's a juvenile Coluber jugularis, the Balkan whipsnake.
~~Greg~~
Jamestomlinson
Jul 09, 2006 09:08 PM
"My first thought is that it's a juvenile Coluber jugularis, the Balkan whipsnake.
~~Greg~~"
I was originally thinking along the same lines...but does jugularis have a known distribution in Afghanistan?
kingaz
Jul 09, 2006 11:38 PM
My guess is juvenile coluber rhodorachis (Cliff racer, Jan's Desert racer, Sand Racer). It's native to Afghanistan and juveniles are spotted. Just a guess.
kingaz
Jul 09, 2006 11:58 PM
Check pic out
cliff racer-pakistan
kingaz
Jul 10, 2006 12:10 AM
copy and paste to browser
http://www.flpa-images.co.uk/bin/flpa.dll/go?a=disp&pt=1&t=ussr-loadersearch.html&si=&usp=0&_spb=1&_spe=0&_spw=0&mw=2&_collection=&se=11&_filterori=&searchtext=cliff%20racer
Greg Longhurst
Jul 10, 2006 04:22 AM
You may well be right. The one reference I have described the range for jugularis as extremely large & I thought Afghanistan was included, but it was not specifically mentioned. I may have misread it. It most certainly is a species of Coluber.
~~Greg~~
Jamestomlinson
Jul 10, 2006 03:45 PM
I was unable to open the page, but after some looking it up on some other sites, I believe that you may be right! Thanks for your help,
JT
