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Eirenis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Colubrinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Eirenis

Higher classification
  
Colubrinae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Eirenis Eirenis medus The Reptile Database

Lower classifications
  
Eirenis modestus, Roth's Dwarf Racer

Snake eirenis modestus


Eirenis is a genus of Old World snakes in the family Colubridae.

Contents

Eirenis modestus hunts and eats crickets


Species

The genus Eirenis contains the following 20 described species:

Eirenis Eirenis coronelloides The Reptile Database

  • 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

    • Eirenis Eirenis decemlineatus The Reptile Database

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eirenis.

    Distribution

    Eirenis Eirenis collaris photo Reptarium

    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.

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    Eirenis Uysal Ylan Anatolian Dwarf Racer Eirenis modestus AdaMerOs

    References

    Eirenis Wikipedia
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