whip snake

noun

• any of a number of slender fast-moving snakes which often feed on lizards and catch their prey by pursuing it, in particular:

  • a harmless snake found in Eurasia, America, and Africa (Coluber and other genera, family Colubridae, including the Eurasian C. viridiflavus). a venomous Australian snake (Desmansia and other genera, family Elapidae, including the widespread D. psammophis).