Andreas's racer (''Dolichophis andreanus'') is a
species of
snake in the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The species is native to the
Middle East.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''andreanus'', is in honor of "''Herr Prof. Andreas'' " (Professor Andreas) who collected natural history specimens in Persia (now
Iran) in 1905.
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Coluber andreanus'', p. 9).
Geographic range
''D. andreanus'' is found in the southern
Zagros Mountains and their foothills, in
Fars Province,
Iran,
[ and in Iraq.][
]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''D. andreanus'' are grassland and rocky areas, at altitudes of .[
]
Reproduction
''D. andreanus'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.[
]
References
Further reading
* Auer M, Khudur FA, Araratm A, Hussein RH, Auer S, Zönnchen F (2016). "First record of ''Heirophis andreanus'' from Iraq". ''Sauria'' 38 (4): 49–51.
* 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. .
* Torki F (2010). "''Die Andreas-Zornatter ''Heirophis andreanus'' (WERNER, 1917) im Westen des Iran'' ". ''Sauria'' 32 (4): 27–32. (in German).
* Werner F (1917). "''Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars)'' ". ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 67: 191–220. (''Zamenis andreana'', new species, pp. 207–208). (in German).
Reptiles described in 1917
Reptiles of Iran
Dolichophis
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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