Eirenis
| Eirenis | |
|---|---|
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| Eirenis modestus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Eirenis Jan, 1863 |
Eirenis is a genus of Old World snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]
Species
The genus Eirenis contains the following 20 described species:[1]
- Eirenis africanus (Boulenger, 1914)
- Eirenis aurolineatus (Venzmer, 1919)
- Eirenis barani J.F. Schmidtler, 1988 – Baran's dwarf racer
- Eirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832) – collared dwarf racer
- Eirenis coronella (Schlegel, 1837) – crowned dwarf racer
- Eirenis coronelloides (Jan, 1862)
- Eirenis decemlineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Eirenis eiselti J.J. Schmidtler & J.F. Schmidtler, 1978 – Eiselt's dwarf racer
- Eirenis hakkariensis J.F. Schmidtler & Eiselt, 1991
- Eirenis kermanensis Rajabizadeh et al., 2012
- Eirenis levantinus J.F. Schmidtler, 1993
- Eirenis lineomaculatus K.P. Schmidt, 1939
- Eirenis medus (Chernov, 1940)
- Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838) – Asia Minor dwarf racer
- Eirenis occidentalis Rajabizadeh et al., 2015
- Eirenis persicus (Anderson, 1872)
- Eirenis punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892) – dotted dwarf racer
- Eirenis rechingeri Eiselt, 1971
- Eirenis rothii Jan, 1863 – Roth's dwarf racer
- Eirenis thospitis J.F. Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eirenis.
Distribution
Some of the species within this genus have a narrow geographic distribution; for example, Eirenis mcmahoni occurs only within a single ecoregion along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, which region is known as the Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert.[2]
References
- 1 2 The TIGR Reptile Database - Genus Eirenis
- ↑ Hogan, C. Michael; World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Topic editor Peter Saundry.
Further reading
- Jan G. 1862. "Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Calamaridae ". Archivo per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia (Genoa) 2: 213-330. (Eirenis, new genus, p. 256). (in Italian).
- Nagy ZT, Schmidtler JF, Joger U, Wink M. 2003. "Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten ". Salamandra 39 (3/4): 149-168. (in German).
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