Eirenis modestus

Eirenis modestus

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 modestus
Subspecies: E. m. cilicius – E. m. modestus – E. m. semimaculatus

Name

Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)

Type locality: Trabzon, Turkey.

Synonyms

• Coronella modesta Martin, 1838: 82
• Eirenis modestus modestus Martin, 1838
• Coluber nigricollis Dwigubsky, 1832
• Contia collaris — Boulenger, 1894: 260
• Cyclophis modestus — Mehely, 1894: 85
• Contia modesta — Boulenger, 1913
• Eirenis modestus — Engelmann et al., 1993
• Eirenis (Eirenis) modestus modestus — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Martin 1839. [A Collection of snakes procured by the Euphrates Expedition] Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1838: 81–84.
• Engelmann, W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 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 modestus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 01 Sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Asia Minor Dwarf Racer