Biology:Eirenis barani
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Eirenis |
| Species: | E. barani
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| Eirenis barani Schmidtler, 1988
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Eirenis barani, also known commonly as Baran's dwarf racer,[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Near East.
Etymology
The specific name, barani, is in honor of Turkish herpetologist İbrahim Baran.[3]
Geographic range
E. barani is found in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of E. barani are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas, at altitudes from sea level to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).[1]
Description
The holotype of E. barani has a snout-to-vent length of 228 mm (9.0 in) and a tail length of 78 mm (3.1 in). The dorsal scales are smooth, and are arranged in 17 rows at midbody.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Roberto Sindaco, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Uğur Kaya, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Eirenis barani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61496A12482432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61496A12482432.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61496/12482432. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Eirenis barani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eirenis barani, p. 16).
- ↑ Schmidtler JF (1988).
Further reading
- Mahlow K, Tillack F, Schmidtler JF, Müller J (2013). " An annotated checklist, description and key to the dwarf snakes of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), with special emphasis on the dentition". Vertebrate Zoology 63 (1): 41–85.
- Schmidtler JF (1988). "Eirenis barani n. sp. aus dem Mediterranen Süden der Türkei ". Salamandra 24 (4): 203–214. (Eirenis barani, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK, Venchi A, Grieco C (2013). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 543 pp. ISBN:978-8889504345.
Wikidata ☰ Q3005660 entry
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