Spotted Wipe Snake
  • Persian name Mar-e-Palangi
  • English name Spotted Wipe Snake
  • Scientific name Hemorrhois ravergieri
  • Family کلوبریده ها
  • Morphology Its body length is 159 cm and the tail is 37 cm long. Head is distinct from neck. Dorsal scales are larger than those of upper eyes and smaller than the scales on the sides. Three dark stripes on the tail. There is a diagonal dark streak below the eye, and a similar subparallel streak from the back of the eye to the corner of the mouth.
  • Ethology When threatened this species is known to inflate and thrash its body, hiss and make rapid strikes.