Eirenis
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Eirenis is a genus
of snake
s in the Colubridae family.
It contains the following eighteen described species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s in the Colubridae family.
It contains the following eighteen described species:
- Eirenis africana (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1914) - Eirenis aurolineatus (Venzmer, 1919)
- Baran dwarf racer, Eirenis baraniEirenis baraniThe Baran Dwarf Racer is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.It is found in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas.-References:...
Schmidtler, 1988 - Eirenis collaris (Ménétriés, 1832)
- crowned dwarf racer, Eirenis coronella (SchlegelHermann SchlegelHermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
, 1837) - Eirenis coronelloides (JanGiorgio JanGiorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
, 1862) - Eirenis decemlineatus (DumérilAndré Marie Constant DumérilAndré Marie Constant Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology...
, BibronGabriel BibronGabriel Bibron was a French zoologist. He was born in Paris. Son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant...
& DumérilAuguste DumérilAuguste Henri André Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of Herpetology and Ichthyology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1857. His father André Marie Constant Duméril was also a zoologist...
, 1854) - Eiselt's dwarf racer, Eirenis eiselti Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1978
- Eirenis hakkariensis Schmidtler & Eiselt, 1991
- Eirenis levantinusEirenis levantinusEirenis levantinus is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.It is found in Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, plantations, and rural gardens.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Schmidtler, 1993 - Eirenis lineomaculatusEirenis lineomaculatusEirenis lineomaculatus is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.It is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Syria, and Turkey....
SchmidtKarl Patterson SchmidtKarl Patterson Schmidt was an American herpetologist.-Biography:Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. Schmidt's father was a German professor who, at the time of Schmidt's birth, was teaching in Lake Forest, Illinois. His family left the city in 1907 and settled...
, 1939 - Eirenis mcmahoni (WallFrank WallFrank Wall was a physician and herpetologist who lived in Sri Lanka and India.Wall was born in Colombo, Ceylon . His father worked there and was responsible for initiating the study of natural history on the island. Wall studied medicine in London and joined the Indian Medical Service in 1893...
, 1911) - Eirenis medus (Chernov, 1940)
- Asia Minor dwarf racer, Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)
- dotted dwarf racer, Eirenis punctatolineatus (BoettgerOskar BoettgerOskar Boettger was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger ....
, 1892) - Eirenis rechingeri Eiselt, 1971
- Roth's dwarf racer, Eirenis rothii JanGiorgio JanGiorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
, 1863 - Eirenis thospitis Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990