Platyceps rogersi (ANDERSON, 1893)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rogers' Racer G: Andersons Pfeilnatter, Rogers Renner
Synonym	Zamenis rogersi ANDERSON 1893: 439 Coluber rogersi — FLOWER 1933 Coluber rogersi — SCHMIDT & MARX 1956: 29 Coluber rogersi — CORKILL & COCHRANE 1966 Haemorrhois rogersi — WELCH Coluber rogersi —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986 Coluber rogersi — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 486 Platyceps rogersi — SCHÄTTI 2004 Platyceps rogersi — NAGY et al. 2004 Platyceps cf. rogersi — SINDACO et al. 2006 Platyceps karelini rogersi — SCHÄTTI et al. 2012 Platyceps rogersi — IBRAHIM 2013 Platyceps rogersi — HABEEB & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2016 Platyceps rogersi — BAR et al. 2021
Distribution	Libya, Egypt (incl. Sinai), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, E Iraq, Saudi Arabia ? Type locality: Lower Egypt
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.71, collected by Mrs. J. Anderson
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (8850 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: listed as synonym of Zamenis karelini by Wallach et al. 2014: 565 and others. However, there are no reliable diagnostic characters to distinguish Platyceps rogersi from P. ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834) according to DISI et al. (2001) and SCHÄTTI (2006). Distribution: see Bar et al. 2021 for a map.
Etymology	Named in honour of Colonel Sir John Godfrey ROGERS (1850-1922) of the Royal Army Medical Corps (FLOWER 1933) for his "most invaluable assistance in my researches in Egypt" (ANDERSON 1893).
References	Anderson,J. 1893. On a new species of Zamenis and a new species of Bufo from Egypt. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12: 439-440 - get paper here Bar, A., Haimovitch, G. and Meiri, S. 2021. Field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Israel. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main. ISBN 9783-89973-120-0 - get paper here Bauer, Aaron M.; Jonathan C. DeBoer , Dylan J. Taylor 2017. Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (8): 155-318 - get paper here Corkill, N. L. and Cochrane, J. A. 1966. The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 62 (3): 475-506 (1965) - get paper here Flower,Stanley 1933. Notes on the recent reptiles and amphibians of Egypt, with a list of the species recorded from that kingdom. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1933: 735-851 - get paper here Geniez, Philippe 2018. Snakes of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton University Press, 384 pp. - get paper here Goldberg, S.R., Schwarz, R., Jamison, S. & Maza, E. 2017. Platyceps rogersi (Rogers’ Racer) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 680. - get paper here Goldberg, Stephen R., Bursey, Charles R., Schwarz, Rachel, Jamison, Simon and Maza, Erez 2017. Platyceps rogersi (Rogers' Racer) Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 48 (1): 218 - get paper here Gruber, U. 2009. Die Schlangen Europas, 2. Aufl. Kosmos Naturführer, 266 pp. Habeeb, Israa Nadhim & Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani 2016. Geographical distribution of the snakes of Iraq. Mesopotamia Environmental Journal 2 (3): 67-77 Ibrahim, Adel A. 2013. The Herpetology of the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. Vertebrate Zoology 63 (1): 87–110 - get paper here Kramer, E. & H. SCHNURRENBERGER 1963. Systematik, Verbreitung und Ökologie der Libyschen Schlangen. Rev. Sui. Zool. 70 (3): 453-568 - get paper here 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 Nagy, Z.T.; R. Lawson, U. Joger, M. Wink 2004. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42 (3): 223-233 - get paper here Qumsiyeh, Mazin 2016. Fauna of Wadi Al-Quff Protected Area: Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals. Jordan Journal of Natural History (3): 70-79 - get paper here Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 399: 1-4 - get paper here Schätti, B. 2004. Morphology and systematics of Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893) - a review of the situation. Herpetozoa 17 (3/4):161-174 - get paper here Schätti, B., Kucharzewski, C., Masroor, R. & Rastegar Puuyani, E. 2012. Platyceps karelini (Brandt, 1838) from Iran to Pakistan and revalidation of Coluber chesneii Martin, 1838 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 119 (4): 441-483 Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Schmidt, K. P. & Marx, H. 1956. The herpetology of Sinai. Fieldiana 39 (4): 21-40 - get paper here SINAIKO, GUY; TALI MAGORY-COHEN, SHAI MEIRI, & ROI DOR 2018. Taxonomic revision of Israeli snakes belonging to the Platyceps rhodorachis species complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4379 (3): 301–346 - get paper here Sindaco, R.; Serra, G. & Menegon, M. 2006. New data on the Syrian herpetofauna with a newly-recorded species of snake. Zoology of the Middle-East 37: 29-38 - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
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