Dolichophis

Dolichophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Dolichophis
Dolichophis caspius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Dolichophis Gistel, 1868

Geographic range

Species in the genus Dolichophis are found in Southeast Europe and the Middle East.^[1]

Species

Four species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dolichophis andreanus (F. Werner, 1917)	Andreas's racer	Iran
	Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)	Caspian whipsnake	Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, southern Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, southern Russia, Serbia, Turkey, southern Ukraine
	Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)	black whipsnake, large whip snake	Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Syria, Turkey
	Dolichophis schmidti (Nikolsky, 1909)	red-bellied racer, Schmidt's whip snake	Caucasus and Middle East, from Dagestan to Turkmenistan and south into Syria, Jordan, and northern Iran

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dolicophis.