| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | Eirenis barani barani SCHMIDTLER 1988
Eirenis barani bischofforum SCHMIDTLER 1997 |
| Common Names | E: Baran Dwarf Racer
G: Barans Zwergnatter |
| Synonym | Eirenis barani SCHMIDTLER 1988
Eirenis barani SCHMIDTLER 1993: 86
Eirenis (Pediophis) barani — NAGY et al. 2004
Eirenis barani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 257
Eirenis barani barani SCHMIDTLER, 1988
Eirenis (Pediophis) barani barani — NAGY et al. 2004
Eirenis barani barani — GRUBER 2009: 80
Eirenis barani bischofforum SCHMIDTLER 1997
Eirenis (Pediophis) barani bischofforum — NAGY et al. 2004
Eirenis barani bischofforum — GRUBER 2009: 80 |
| Distribution | Turkey (S Anatolia: Adana), NW Syria
Type locality: Akdam, 35 km W Kozan (Prov. Adana), ca. 650 m elevation
barani: Turkey (S Anatolia), NW Syria.
bischofforum: Turkey (Adana); Type locality: “N. Saimbeyli, 1450 m, Prov. Adana” [Turkey].
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZSM 293/88, paratypes: ZSM
Holotype: ZSM 276/1995 (originally CS 95/102/- 112, part.), subadult female, paratypes: ZSM, ZFMK 62437-439 [bischofforum] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Weicht von den oben behandelten Formen insbesondere durch die supralabialen Enden des Parietalbands, die deutlichen gularen Enden des Halsbands und dessen fehlende temporale Spitzen ab. Besonders charakteristisch sind die einfarbigen oder dunkler zentrierten Dorsalia; Kopf- und Halszeichnung verblaßt im Alter kaum. Ventraliazahlen und Subcaudaliazahlen sehr niedrig; hintere Inframaxillaria sehr kurz und bei der Hälfte der Serie in Kontakt” (Schmidtler 1993: 86). |
| Comment | Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. |
| Etymology | Named after Professor Dr. Ibrahim Baran (b. 1940), Turkish herpetologist, formerly at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
E. b. bischofforum was named after Wolfgang Bischoff, German herpetologist, and his wife Ulla Bischoff. |
| References |
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