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Species

The genus ''Eirenis'' contains the following 23 described

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Eirenis africanus ''Eirenis africanus'', the African dwarf snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Ja ...

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Eirenis aurolineatus ''Eirenis aurolineatus'' is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of trans ...

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Eirenis barani ''Eirenis barani'', also known Common name, commonly as Baran's dwarf racer, www.reptile-database.org. is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is Endemism, endemic to the Near East. Etymology The Specific n ...

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Eirenis collaris ''Eirenis collaris'', the collared dwarf racer, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Az� ...

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Eirenis coronella Eirenis coronella or crowned dwarf racer, is a non-venomous snake found in the Near and Middle East. Description ''Eirenis coronella'' adults range from 25 to 30 cm in length. The head is a little wider than the body, although the body is ...

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Eirenis coronelloides Eirenis coronelloides or (also known as Sinai dwarf racer) is a non-venomous snake found in the Middle East. Description ''Eirenis coronelloides'' adults range from 17.5 to 25 cm in length. Body light brown, with distinct dark crown on ...

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Eirenis decemlineatus Eirenis decemlineatus (also known as the narrow-striped dwarf snake, is a non-venomous snake found in West Asia and the Middle East. Description ''Eirenis decemlineatus'' (''Eirenis decemlineata)'' adults range from 45 to 90 cm in lengt ...

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Eirenis eiselti ''Eirenis eiselti'', Eiselt's dwarf racer, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Turkey, Syria and Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆ ...

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Eirenis kermanensis ''Eirenis kermanensis'' is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It i ...

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Eirenis levantinus ''Eirenis levantinus'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae . It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss. ...

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Eirenis lineomaculatus ''Eirenis lineomaculatus'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, an ...

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Eirenis modestus ''Eirenis modestus'', commonly known as ring-headed dwarf snake or simply the dwarf snake, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is native to several Greek islands, Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Lebanon and southweste ...

'' – Asia Minor dwarf racer *'' Eirenis nigrofasciatus'' *'' Eirenis occidentalis'' *'' Eirenis persicus'' - dark-headed dwarf racer *'' Eirenis punctatolineatus'' – dotted dwarf racer *'' Eirenis rafsanjanicus'' *'' Eirenis rechingeri'' *'' Eirenis rothii'' – Roth's dwarf racer *'' Eirenis thospitis'' *'' Eirenis yassujicus'' ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Eirenis''.

Distribution

Some of the species within this genus have a narrow geographic distribution; for example, ''Eirenis mcmahoni'' occurs only within a single ecoregion along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, which region is known as the Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert.Hogan, C. Michael; World Wildlife Fund. 2012
Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment
Topic editor Peter Saundry.

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