Eirenis
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Eirenis is a genus of Old World snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]
Species
The genus Eirenis contains the following 23 described species:[1]
- Eirenis africanus (Boulenger, 1914)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - African dwarf snake
- Eirenis aurolineatus (Venzmer, 1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis barani J.F. SchmidtlerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 1988 – Baran's dwarf racer
- Eirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – collared dwarf racer
- Eirenis coronella (Schlegel, 1837)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – crowned dwarf racer
- Eirenis coronelloides (Jan, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Sinai dwarf racer
- Eirenis decemlineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - narrow-striped dwarf snake
- Eirenis eiselti J.J. Schmidtler & J.F. Schmidtler, 1978Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Eiselt's dwarf racer
- Eirenis hakkariensis J.F. Schmidtler & Eiselt, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis kermanensis Rajabizadeh et al., 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis levantinus J.F. Schmidtler, 1993Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis lineomaculatus K.P. Schmidt, 1939Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis medus (Chernov, 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Asia Minor dwarf racer
- Eirenis nigrofasciatus Nikolsky, 1907Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis occidentalis Rajabizadeh et al., 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis persicus (Anderson, 1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - dark-headed dwarf racer
- Eirenis punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dotted dwarf racer
- Eirenis rafsanjanicus Akbarpour, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis rechingeri Eiselt, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis rothii Jan, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Roth's dwarf racer
- Eirenis thospitis J.F. Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eirenis yassujicus Fathinia, E. Rastegar-Pouyani & Shafaeipour, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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
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- ↑ a b 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.
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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).