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Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Horseshoe Snake)

Synonyms: Calopeltis hippocrepis; Coluber diadema; Coluber domesticus; Coluber hippocrepis; Haemorrhois hippocrepis; Natrix hippocrepis; Periops hippocrepis; Zamenis hippocrepis

Wikipedia Abstract

The horseshoe whip snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.
View Wikipedia Record: Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  7

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Cantabrian mixed forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Iberian conifer forests Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets Morocco, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe Morocco Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Mediterranean woodlands and forests Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests France, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northwest Iberian montane forests Portugal, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands Chad, Libya Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests France, Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub    
West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritania Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Calamocarro-Benzú 1487 Spain  
DESFILADEROS DEL RÍO MARTÍN 110851 Spain  
DESIERTO DE TABERNAS 28326 Spain  
DOÑANA 281453 Spain  
Encinares del río Alberche y río Cofio 205483 Spain  
LA SERENA Y SIERRAS PERIFÉRICAS 379806 Spain  
MATARRAÑA - AIGUABARREIX 90747 Spain  
Monchique 187820 Portugal  
Parc National de Djebel Bou-Hedma National Park II 41580 Tunisia  
PUNTA ENTINAS-SABINAR 4806 Spain  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Doñana Biosphere Reserve II 123801 Spain
Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar 2040 Spain  
Saline di Molentargius 3417 Italy  
SIERRA DE MORALEJA Y PIEDRA SANTA 7194 Spain  
SIERRA DE SIRUELA 16336 Spain  
Sierra Espuña 43691 Spain  
Stagni di Colostrai 4707 Italy  
Stagno di Cagliari 8792 Italy  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Prey / Diet

Agama bibroni[1]
Apodemus sylvaticus (Old World wood and field mouse)[1]
Discoglossus pictus (Painted frog)[1]
Lemniscomys barbarus (Barbary striped grass mouse)[1]
Mus spretus (Algerian mouse)[1]
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit)[1]
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)[1]
Pelophylax saharicus (Sahara Frog)[1]
Podarcis hispanicus (Iberian Wall Lizard)[1]
Psammodromus algirus (Algerian Psammodromus)[1]
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)[1]
Rattus rattus (black rat)[1]
Saurodactylus fasciatus (Banded Lizard-fingered Gecko)[1]
Suncus etruscus (white-toothed pygmy shrew)[1]
Tarentola mauritanica (Common Wall Gecko, Moorish Gecko)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Accipiter nisus (Eurasian Sparrowhawk)1
Aegolius funereus (Boreal Owl)1
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)1
Asio otus (Long-eared Owl)2
Athene noctua (Little Owl)2
Bubo bubo (Eurasian Eagle-Owl)1
Buteo buteo (Common Buzzard)1
Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Snake Eagle)1
Coronella austriaca (Smooth Snake)1
Coronella girondica (Southern Smooth Snake)3
Corvus corax (Northern Raven)1
Elanus caeruleus (Black-winged Kite)1
Elaphe longissima (Aesculapean Snake)1
Felis silvestris (Wildcat)1
Genetta genetta (Common Genet)1
Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)2
Hieraaetus pennatus (Booted Eagle)1
Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike)1
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull)1
Lynx pardinus (Iberian Lynx)1
Mustela erminea (Ermine)1
Mustela nivalis (Least Weasel)1
Natrix natrix (European Grass Snake)1
Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)1
Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie)1
Rhinechis scalaris (Ladder Snakes)6
Strix aluco (Tawny Owl)2
Tyto alba (Barn Owl)1
Vipera latastei (Lataste’s Viper)3
Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)2

Predators

Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Snake Eagle)[2]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Rome Zoo-Fondazione Bioparco di Roma
Wroclaw Zoo, LLC

Range Map

Link to Map
Spain, Portugal, Italy (Sardinia, Lampedusa island [E. RAZZETTI, pers. comm.]), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Terra typica : „América" (in error); Spain, Portugal, Italy (Sardinia, Lampedusa island [E. RAZZETTI, pers. comm.]), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Terra typica : „América" (in error);

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Body size, diet and reproductive ecology of Coluber hippocrepis in the Rif (Northern Morocco), Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Soumia Fahd, Amphibia-Reptilia 25: 287-302 (2004) ♦ 2Prey and prey-size selection by the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) during the breeding season in Granada (south-eastern Spain), José M. Gil, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, J. Zool., Lond. (2001) 255, 131-137
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955 ♦ Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011