Striped Whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus)
Description: Adults 36" to 72" in length. Color dark brown to black, with light or whitish stripe on sides. Side stripe divided by a broken to continuous dark band. Slender body, with smooth scales.
Striped Whipsnake
Masticophis taeniatus
Class Reptilia - Reptiles
Suborder Serpentes - The Snakes
Family Colubridae - Colubrid, Colubrine or Advanced Snakes ...
Whipsnakes are among the minority of desert snakes in that they are exclusively diurnal, willing to take on the hot desert sun.
Sonoran Whipsnake (Masticophis bilineatus)
No photo of the Sonoran Whipsnake available.
Schott's Whipsnake
Photograph by Dawson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
SCHOTT'S WHIPSNAKE FACTS ...
The hawk shown here has a Ruthiven's Whipsnake as prey.
The next 12 images on this page were taken of an adult Harris's Hawk in Hidalgo Co., Texas, in April, 2007, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens.
Genera: Cemophora (Scarlet Snake), Coluber (Racers), Lampropeltis (Kingsnakes and Milk Snake), Masticophis (Whipsnakes, Striped Racers, and Coachwhips), Opheodrys (Rough Green Snake), Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes and Fox Snakes), ...
prairie falcons, loggerhead shrikes, longnose leopard lizards and striped whipsnakes. Sometimes found in same habitat as flat-tailed horned lizard. Density of 5/ha reported in Nevada (Tanner and Krogh 1973).
Non-Migrant: Y
Locally Migrant: N ...
Genus Ahaetulla (Asian longnose whipsnakes)
Genus Alluaudina
Genus Alsophis (West Indian racers) ...
Reptiles, which can comprise large parts of a diet, include snakes such as racers, gopher snakes and striped whipsnakes, and lizards. Amphibians may include tiger salamanders and toads.
Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sertalis tetraenia), Scarlet Kingsnake, Speckled Rattlesnake (Cetalus mitchelli), Velvet Snake (Tercipelo), Vine Snake (Oxybelis aenus), Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), Western Racer, Whipsnake ...
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Racer, Lizard, Rattlesnake
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