Dolichophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Species in the genus Dolichophis are found in Southeast Europe and the Middle East.
Four species are recognized as being valid.
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Dolichophis andreanus | Andreas's racer | Iran | |
Dolichophis caspius | Caspian whipsnake | Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, southern Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, southern Russia, Serbia, Turkey, southern Ukraine | |
Dolichophis jugularis | black whipsnake, large whip snake | Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Syria, Turkey | |
Dolichophis schmidti | red-bellied racer, Schmidt's whip snake | Caucasus and Middle East, from Dagestan to Turkmenistan and south into Syria, Jordan, and northern Iran | |
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dolicophis.