Photo: Soran Ahmed & Soma Majeed
- Conservation Status
- Least Concern
- Location
- Any oak forest across the Kurdistan Region. Governorate: Sulaymaniyah
- Nearest City
- Sulaymaniyah
A small snake reaching 40 cm, light brown to olive with a broad black collar. It is mainly active by day and eats centipedes, scorpions, spiders, insects and small lizards. The supplied account reports it widely in Kurdistan, especially in oak forests.