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title: "Common Coachwhip"
description: "Masticophis flagellum — Rettili. Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip, whip snake or the red racer."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-coachwhip
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Coachwhip

> Masticophis flagellum — Rettili. Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip, whip snake or the red racer.

- Scientific name: *Masticophis flagellum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18754
- Wikidata: [Q43373908](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43373908)
- iNaturalist taxon: [547193](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/547193)

## Names

- en: Common Coachwhip
- de: Kutscherpeitschen-Natter
- es: Chicotera

## Countries with the most observations

US (16584), MX (963)

## Summary

Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip, whip snake or the red racer. It is endemic to the United States and Mexico. Three subspecies are recognized (including the nominotypical subspecies). It is listed as a species of Least Concern by the ICUN.

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

## Photo

![Common Coachwhip](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-coachwhip/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92859338

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-coachwhip?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).