About this snake: Whip Snake
This snake measures up to three meters in length and resides in trees. The Whip snake feeds on rodents and birds and reproduces year round. This snake is not venomous.
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Little Whip Snake - profile
Scientific name: Suta flagellum
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Description ...
Coachwhip Snake
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see racer.
More on Coachwhip Snake
Racer - name for several related swift, slender snakes, especially those of the genus Coluber.
Collared Whip Snake
Sighting:
Mossman Gorge, Daintree River National Park, Queensland, Australia ...
OTHER NAMES: Whip snake.
DESCRIPTION: Eastern coachwhips are nonpoisonous snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. This family contains the majority of living snakes and is distributed essentially worldwide.
' It is perhaps an alteration of the Sinhalese word henakandaya, meaning 'whip snake', or alternatively, the Tamil word anaikondran, which means 'elephant killer'.
This species is also called a Red Racer or Whip Snake.
Habitats
Coachwhips can be found in dry, rocky areas, including cedar glades, exposed rock formations, and rocky hillsides. They are also found on the edges of woodlands with nearby fields.
Yellow-faced Whip Snake
Yellowfin Bream, Acanthopagrus australis (Owen, 1853)
Yellowfin Damsel, Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974)
Yellowfin Parrotfish, Scarus flavipectoralis
Yellowfin Pigfish, Bodianus flavipinnis (Gomon, 2001) ...
They feed on small skinks and because of their shy nature and small fangs a bite from one of these snakes is an unlikely event. They are found throughout Tasmania where they are also called Whip snakes.
to be at an increased risk of predation during its autumn moult, despite having fewer flight feathers at that time.[54] Nests may be raided by Eurasian Magpies, Jays, Least Weasels, rats, cats and constricting snakes such as the Horseshoe Whip Snake.
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Coachwhip, Racer
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