Colubridae
Long-nosed Whip snake
Ahetula nasuta
DISTRIBUTION:
Cyprus, Middle East
FOOD:
Mice, rats, snakes
NOTES:
This snake frightens people with its impulsive and instigative behaviour. It uses the reaction time of surprise to enable its escape. If anyone tries to capture and trap it, it will react intensely and will bite strongly. This snake kills its pray by suffocating it but it isn’t venomous. It is an endangered species.
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