- whip-snake, whip snake - any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails
--1 is a kind of colubrid snake, colubrid
--1 is a member of Masticophis, genus Masticophis
--1 has particulars:coachwhip, coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum; California whipsnake, striped racer, Masticophis lateralis; Sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus