Until recently, H. caspius has ben assumed to be a geographic subspecies of a wide-spread Eastern European polylypic species, Coluber (Hierophis) jugularis. It is not clear how strong is its geographic isolation from the closely related H. schmidti from the Southern Caucasus and the Near East.
GBIF scientific name: Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)
GBIF taxonomic status: ACCEPTED
This section is under construction
National Red List Status: DD
IUCN Red List Status: LC
Protection status: Not defined
Reason: N/A
Trend: Unknown
EOO: unknown
AOO: unknown
Native/Introduced: Native
Comment: ცნობილია აფხაზეთიდან, თუმცა რიცხოვნობაზე ან მის დინამიკაზე სანდო მონაცემები არ არსებობს.
Georgian Name: ყვითელმუცელა მცურავი (Lit?)
English Name: Large Whip Snake
Taxonomy according to: https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/; www.biodiversity-georgia.net
References: Bannikov et al., 1977
Evaluated By: Tarkhnishvili D., Iankoshvili G.
Date evaluated: Nov 2021