Zamenis hohenackeri

Zamenis hohenackeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Zamenis
Species: Zamenis hohenackeri
Subspecies (3): Z. h. hohenackeri – Z. h. lyciensis – Z. h. tauricus

Name

Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873)

• Lectotype: ZISP 1625 (formerly AIS), collected by R.F. Hohenacker in 1838. [designated by Bischoff (1993: 322)]
• Type locality: “Kolonie Helenendorf”, “in der Gegend von Elisabethpol”, “bei Tiflis” and “Kaukasus”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Kolonie Helenendorf” [=Chanlar/Goygol, Azerbaijan], by Bischoff (1993: 323).
• Paralectotypes (n=4): ZISP 1642, collected by Fricke in 1840 at “Elisabethpol [=Ganja]”, ZISP 1636 collected by Schmidt in 1845 at “Tiflis [Tbilisi]” and ZISP 1629 and 1630 donated by Kolenati in 1845 from “Kaukasus”.

Combinations

• Coluber hohenackeri Strauch, 1873: 69 [original combination]
• Elaphe hohenackeri — Nikolsky, 1916: 118 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis hohenackeri — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Strauch, A. 1873. Die Schlangen des Russischen Reichs, in Systematischer und Zoogeographischer Beziehung. Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Septième Série 21(4): 1–288, pls. i–vi. BHL Reference page. 
• Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jandzík, D., Avcı, A. & Gvoždík, V. 2013. Incongruence between taxonomy and genetics: three divergent lineages within two subspecies of the rare Transcaucasian Rat Snake (Zamenis hohenackeri). Amphibia-Reptilia 34(4): 579–584. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002911 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Hofmann, S., Mebert, K., Schulz, K-D., Helfenbeger, N., Göçmen, B. & Böhme, W. 2018. A new subspecies of Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) (Serpentes: Colubridae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4471(1): 137–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.1.6 Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zamenis hohenackeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 October 2022.
• Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Werner, Y., Sterijovski, B., Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B. & Akarsu, F. 2009. IUCN: Zamenis hohenackeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157251A5060528. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157251A5060528.en. Accessed on 19 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Transkaukasische Kletternatter
English: Transcaucasian Ratsnake

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