Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species: Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Name

Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHR Lin-29 (formerly MAFR), collected by P. Loeflingius in 1751, via Mus. Drottn.
• Type locality: “America” (in error), corrected to “Spain, Iberian Peninsula” by Bruno (1968: 176).

Combinations

• Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758: 226 [original combination]
• Periops hippocrepis — Wagler, 1830: 189 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis hippocrepis — Günther, 1858 [subsequent combination]
• Tyria hippocrepis — Cope, 1862 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois hippocrepis — Welch, 1980 [subsequent combination]
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber domesticus Linnaeus, 1767: 389
• Natrix bahiensis Wagler, 1824
• Coluber diadema Bonelli, 1834: 299
• Coluber hippocrepis nigrescens Cattaneo, 1985

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Corti, C., Montes, E., Ouni, R. & Crochet, P.-A. 2025. IUCN: Hemorrhois hippocrepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T61509A137851009. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T61509A137851009.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• aragonés: Hemorrón
• català: Colobra de ferradura
• Deutsch: Hufeisennatter
• English: Horseshoe Whip Snake
• español: Culebra de herradura
• italiano: Colubro ferro di cavallo
• 日本語: バテイレーサー
• português: Cobra-ferradura
• українська: Полоз підковчастий