Juan Carlos Munoz / Namib sand snake (Psammophis namibensis) in sand dunes, Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia.

Chien Lee / Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) juvenile, Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Daniel Heuclin / Red coachwip or Red racer (Masticophis flagellum piceus) eating Sceloporus lizard, Catalina foothill, Arizona, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) head portrait, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Balkan whip snake (Coluber / Hierophis gemonensis) The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Dead snake on a road, probably a Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) or a Western whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) with a car driving past, Patras area, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Tony Heald / Long nosed / Oriental Whip Snake [Ahaetulla prasina] Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, September

Solvin Zankl / Long-nosed whip snake coming towards camera {Ahaetulla prasina} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) camouflaged among vines in the rainforest, southeast Asia

Robert Valentic / Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius) male basking on rocky ground. Near Loutros, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece.

Robert Valentic / Dahl's whip snake (Platyceps najadum) with head up, ready to strike. Kardamyli, Peloponnese, Greece. August.

Dong Lei / Asian vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina) in tree. Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.