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Cat Snake - Telescopus fallax
Identification:
A smooth scaled snake, grey (Cyprus) to brown (Golan Hights, ssp. syriaca)
with dark irregular maculations and a black collar. The head is broad with large scales (on ssp. syriacus grey in colour).
The venter is yellowish-white with dun-coloured marblings.
The Cat Snake is reaching a maximum size of approx. 70-80 cm.
Biology:
This snake is absolutely nocturnal, specialised on geckos and lizards hiding in cervices or under stones, possibly feeding also on nestlings of small mammals. It prefers dry and rocky terrain, stonewalls, ruins and old houses.
The female is laying 7-8 eggs.
Distribution:
Balkan countries, Greece & Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Middleast to SW Asia.
Cat Snake - Telescopus fallax
Identification:
A smooth scaled snake, grey (Cyprus) to brown (Golan Hights, ssp. syriaca)
with dark irregular maculations and a black collar. The head is broad with large scales (on ssp. syriacus grey in colour).
The venter is yellowish-white with dun-coloured marblings.
The Cat Snake is reaching a maximum size of approx. 70-80 cm.
Biology:
This snake is absolutely nocturnal, specialised on geckos and lizards hiding in cervices or under stones, possibly feeding also on nestlings of small mammals. It prefers dry and rocky terrain, stonewalls, ruins and old houses.
The female is laying 7-8 eggs.
Distribution:
Balkan countries, Greece & Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Middleast to SW Asia.