Photo: Soran Ahmed & Soma Majeed
- Conservation Status
- Least Concern
- Location
- Anywhere in the Kurdistan Region. Governorate: Erbil; Halabja
- Nearest City
- Erbil
A large snake reaching 200 cm, with variable grey, greenish or reddish-brown colour and an elongated scale on the top of the head. It is active by day and feeds on lizards, rodents, birds and snakes. The supplied account reports it from varied habitats across Kurdistan.