whip-snake

Synonyms:

whip snake, whipsnake

Types:

Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip, coachwhip snake

a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip

California whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis, striped racer

a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides

Masticophis bilineatus, Sonoran whipsnake

both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States southwest

Type of:

colubrid, colubrid snake

mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes