Desert cat snake
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874)
Status not recordedsnakes
The desert cat snake (Telescopus rhinopoma) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 167.5 g and reach 1.16 m in length.
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Quick facts about the desert cat snake
- Weight
- 167.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 1.16 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 7.6 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the desert cat snake?
Where does the desert cat snake live?
Not recorded
Is the desert cat snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the desert cat snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusTelescopus
- SpeciesTelescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms Dipsadomorphis jollyi, Dipsadomorphus jollyi, Dipsas rhinopoma, Tarbophis rhinopoma
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Indian desert tiger snakeEnglish
- Persisk KattesnogDanish
- Иранская кошачья змеяRussian
Relatives of the desert cat snake
Other species in the same genus Telescopus.
Cat snake
Telescopus fallax
Tiger cat snake
Telescopus semiannulatus
Israeli catsnake
Telescopus dhara
Karoo tiger snake
Telescopus beetzi
Sinai catsnake
Telescopus hoogstraali
Variable cat snake
Telescopus variegatus
CompareDesert cat snake vs Cat snakeDesert cat snake vs Tiger cat snakeDesert cat snake vs Israeli catsnakeDesert cat snake vs Karoo tiger snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the desert cat snake?
An adult desert cat snake weighs 167.5 g and measures 1.16 m long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the desert cat snake?
The desert cat snake (Telescopus rhinopoma) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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