- any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- any of various similar or related snakes.
- any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis (horseshoe whipsnake) of Eurasia
- any of various other slender nonvenomous snakes, such as Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip snake) of the US
