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title: "Olive Whip Snake"
description: "Psammophis mossambicus — Répteis. Psammophis mossambicus, the olive grass snake, is a snake species in the family Psammophiidae, the sand and whip snakes (not to be confused with the Australian olive whipsnake, Demansia olivacea)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/olive-whip-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Olive Whip Snake

> Psammophis mossambicus — Répteis. Psammophis mossambicus, the olive grass snake, is a snake species in the family Psammophiidae, the sand and whip snakes (not to be confused with the Australian olive whipsnake, Demansia olivacea).

- Scientific name: *Psammophis mossambicus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 565
- Wikidata: [Q3409428](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3409428)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56629](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56629)

## Names

- en: Olive Whip Snake
- de: Olivbraune Sandrennnatter
- es: Serpiente de Arena Oliva

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (217), MZ (54), ZM (40), BW (27), ZW (25), KE (22), AO (20), NA (19), MW (15), TZ (15), GA (7), CG (6)

## Summary

Psammophis mossambicus, the olive grass snake, is a snake species in the family Psammophiidae, the sand and whip snakes (not to be confused with the Australian olive whipsnake, Demansia olivacea).

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

## Photo

![Olive Whip Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olive-whip-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14318298

## Machine access

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