page_title: List of reptiles of Israel
section_title: Colubrid snakes
hierarchical_section_title: List of reptiles of Israel / Snakes / Colubrid snakes
caption_attribution_description: English: A Dolichophis jugularis preys on a Sheltopusik (Ophisaurus apodus). Valley of Elah, Israel. עברית: זעמן שחור טורף קמטן החורש, צולם בעמק האלה
context_page_description: Israel has about 100 species of reptiles, almost a third of which live in its northern areas. Reptiles in Israel live in environments ranging from the Negev Desert to the Red Sea, from the Jordan River to the Judaean Mountains.
context_section_description: Black whipsnake (Dolichophis jugularis)
  Crowned dwarf racer (Eirenis coronella)
  Ten-striped dwarf racer (Eirenis decemlineatus)
  Levantine dwarf racer (Eirenis levantinus)
  Eirenis lineomaculatus
  Ring-headed dwarf snake (Eirenis modestus)
  Roth's dwarf racer (Eirenis rothii)
  Blotched snake (Elaphe sauromates)
  Coin-marked snake (Hemorrhois nummifer)
  Spotted whip snake (Hemorrhois ravergieri)
  Crowned leafnose snake (Lytorhynchus diadema)
  False smooth snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
  Dice snake (Natrix tessellata)
  Red whip snake (Platyceps collaris)
  Elegant racer (Platyceps elegantissimus)
  Braid snake (Platyceps rhodorachis)
  Rogers's racer (Platyceps rogersi)
  Platyceps saharicus
  Sinai racer (Platyceps sinai)
  Platyceps tessellata
  Dayan's kukri snake (Rhynchocalamus dayanae)
  Palestine kukri snake (Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus)
  Diadem snake (Spalerosophis diadema)
  Arabian cat snake (Telescopus dhara)
  Mediterranean cat snake (Telescopus fallax)
  Hoogstraal's cat snake (Telescopus hoogstraali)
  Transcaucasian ratsnake (Zamenis hohenackeri)
caption: A black whipsnake (Dolichophis jugularis) preying on a European glass lizard (Pseudopus apodus) in the Valley of Elah.
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