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title: "Culebra látigo negra"
description: "Dolichophis jugularis — Reptiles. Dolichophis jugularis, also known commonly as the black whipsnake and the large whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/large-whip-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Culebra látigo negra

> Dolichophis jugularis — Reptiles. Dolichophis jugularis, also known commonly as the black whipsnake and the large whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Dolichophis jugularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 641
- Wikidata: [Q996673](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q996673)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73759](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73759)

## Names

- en: Large Whip Snake
- de: Jochnatter
- es: Culebra látigo negra
- fr: Couleuvre flèche
- nl: Pijlslang

## Countries with the most observations

IL (187), CY (123), TR (90), GR (40), SY (39), LB (27), PS (10), IQ (9), IR (6), JO (5)

## Summary

Dolichophis jugularis, also known commonly as the black whipsnake and the large whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to West Asia. There are three subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichophis_jugularis

## Photo

![Culebra látigo negra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-whip-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: ringmike · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324805184

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-whip-snake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).