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Eirenis decemlineatus (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: English common name not available
G: Zehnstreifen-Zwergnatter 
SynonymAblabes decem-lineatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 327
Eirenis collaris var. decemlineata — JAN 1866
Ablabes modestus var. decemlineata — BOETTGER 1880: 146
Contia decemlineata — WERNER 1898: 221
Contia decemlineata — WALL 1908: 800
Contia decemlineata — VENZMER 1919: 105
Contia decemlineata — CORKILL 1932
Contia decemlineata — BIRD 1936
Eirenis decemlineata — SCHMIDT 1939
Eirenis decemlineatus — MÜLLER 1978
Eirenis (Eoseirenis) decemlineatus — NAGY et al. 2004
Eirenis decemlineatus — VENCHI & SINDACO 2006
Eirenis decemlineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 258
Eirenis decemlineatus — MEIRI et al. 2019 
DistributionTurkey
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran ?

Type locality: unknown (fide DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3389 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (subgenus Eoseirenis): Nagy et al. 2003: 160 
CommentType species: Ablabes decemlineatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854 is the type species of the subgenus Subgenus Eoseirenis Nagy, Schmidtler, Joger & Wink, 2003.

Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013 and Bar et al. 2021. 
EtymologyApparently named after 10 lines on the back of this species, from Latin decem = 10 and linea = line. 
References
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  • Bird, C. G. 1936. The distribution of reptiles and amphibians in Asiatic Turkey with notes on a collection from the Vilayets of Adana, Gaziantep and Malatya. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 18: 257-281. - get paper here
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  • Meiri, Shai; Amos Belmaker, Daniel Berkowic, Kesem Kazes, Erez Maza, Guy Bar-Oz and Roi Dor 2019. A checklist of Israeli land vertebrates. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution - get paper here
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