Eirenis medus

Eirenis medus

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: Eirenis
Species: Eirenis medus

Name

Eirenis medus (Chernov, 1940)

Type locality: Near Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan.

Synonyms

• Contia meda Chernov, 1940
• Contia fasciata Boulenger, 1886
• Eirenis medus — Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1978
• Eirenis medus — Szczerbak, 2003
• Eirenis (Pediophis) medus — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Terentjew & Tschernow 1949. Opredelitel Presmykatushchikhsya i Zemnovodnykh. [Encyclopedia of reptiles and amphibians, in Russian]. Moscow.
• Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp.
• 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.
• Eirenis medus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 01 Sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ashkhabad Dwarf Racer