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title: "Dahl's Whip Snake"
description: "Platyceps najadum — Reptielen. Platyceps najadum, also known commonly as Dahl's whip snake or the slender whip snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dahl-s-whip-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dahl's Whip Snake

> Platyceps najadum — Reptielen. Platyceps najadum, also known commonly as Dahl's whip snake or the slender whip snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Platyceps najadum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 862
- Wikidata: [Q901168](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901168)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73910](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73910)

## Names

- en: Dahl's Whip Snake
- de: Schlanknatter
- es: Serpiente Látigo de Dahl
- fr: Couleuvre-fouet à cou tacheté
- pl: Połoz wysmukły

## Countries with the most observations

GR (349), TR (78), HR (73), RU (69), AL (37), GE (34), IR (31), ME (27), AM (17), BG (13), AZ (10), MK (6)

## Summary

Platyceps najadum, also known commonly as Dahl's whip snake or the slender whip snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Eurasia. Four subspecies are recognized as being valid.

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

## Photo

![Dahl's Whip Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dahl-s-whip-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382862190

## Machine access

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