''Eirenis barani'', also known
commonly as Baran's dwarf racer,
[ www.reptile-database.org.] 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
endemic to the
Near East
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''barani'', is in honor of
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
herpetologist İbrahim Baran
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.
Geographic range
''E. barani'' is found in southern
Turkey and northwestern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
.
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Habitat
The natural habitats of ''E. barani'' are Mediterranean-type shrub
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by vegetation and rocky areas, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description
The holotype of ''E. barani'' has a snout-to-vent length of and a tail length of . The dorsal scales are smooth, and are arranged in 17 rows at midbody.[ Schmidtler JF (1988).]
Reproduction
''E. barani'' 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
* Mahlow K, Tillack F, Schmidtler JF, Müller J (2013). " An annotated checklist, description and key to the dwarf snakes of the genus ''Eirenis'' Jan
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Num ...
, 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. .
Eirenis
Reptiles described in 1988
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Reptiles of Syria
Reptiles of Turkey
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