Eirenis thospitis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Eirenis
Species: Eirenis thospitis

Name

Eirenis thospitis Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990: 363

  • Holotype: MZUF 33663, adult ♂, collected by Pierangelo Crucitti and Antonio Campese on 9 August 1988.
  • Type locality: “2–3 km N NE of Van, about 2000 m elevation (E Turkey)”.

Synonymy

  • Eirenis punctatolineatus punctatolineatus Baran, 1976 (part.)
  • Eirenis (Pediophis) thospitis — Nagy et al., 2004

References

Primary references

  • Schmidtler, J.F. & Lanza, B. 1990. A new dwarf snake (Eirenis) from Lake Van in eastern Turkey. Amphibia-Reptilia 11(4): 363–371. DOI: 10.1163/156853890X00050 Open access Reference page. 
  • Nagy, Z.T.; Schmidtler, J.F. Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten. Salamandra 39(3/4): 149–168.

Additional references

  • Venchi, Alberto and Roberto Sindaco 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova XCVIII: 259–364.

Vernacular names

English: Van Dwarf Racer
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