Platyceps collaris (MÜLLER, 1878)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	G: Rötliche Zornnatter E: Collared Dwarf Racer G: Halsband-Zwergnatter
Synonym	Zamenis dahlii collaris MÜLLER 1878 Zamenis dahlii rubriceps VENZMER 1919 Coluber najadum rubriceps — MERTENS 1940 Coluber rubriceps — BARAN 1976 Coluber rubriceps thracius REHÁK 1985 Coluber rubriceps —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986 Coluber rubriceps — ENGELMANN et al 1993 Coluber rubriceps — SINDACO et al. 2000 Coluber collaris — SCHÄTTI, BARAN & MAUNOIR 2001 Platyceps collaris — SCHÄTTI & MONSCH 2004 Platyceps collaris — SCHLÜTER 2006 Platyceps collaris — VENCHI & SINDACO 2006 Coluber rubriceps — AL-QURAN 2009 Coluber rubriceps — DAMHOUREYEH et al. 2009
Distribution	Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan Bulgaria, E Turkey (Adiyaman Province etc.), Iraq, W Iran, S USSR (between Black and Caspian Seas), Lebanon, Dagestan (S Russia), SE Georgia, S Armenia, Azerbaijan rubriceps: Jordan Type locality: Bechebermak, near Caspian Sea. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
Types
Comment	Apparently not listed in the Zoological Record of 1919-1920. Picture in Winden et al. (1997). Synonymy partly after Aziz Avci (pers. comm., and SCHÄTTI et al. 2001).
References	Al-Quran, S. 2009. The Herpetofauna of the Southern Jordan. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 6 (4): 385-391 Baran, I., Y. Kumlutas, C Ilgaz, O. Türkozan & A. Avci 2004. New locality records extended the distribution of some ophidians in southeastern Anatolia. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11 (1): 6-9 Baran,I. 1978. Some rare species of snakes from Turkey. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums, Wien 81 [1977]: 261-265 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. BUDAK, Abidin; Cemal Varol TOK & Ahmet MERMER 1998. A Report on Reptiles Collected from Kumluca-Kalkan (Antalya), Turkey. Tr. J. of Zoology 22: 185-189 Damhoureyeh, S.A.; Qarqaz, M.A.; Baker, M.A.; Himdan, N.; Eid, E. & Amr, Z.S. 2009. Reptiles and Amphibians in Dibbeen Nature Reserve, Jordan. Vertebrate Zoology 59 (2): 169 – 177 Darevsky, I. S. and Bakradze, M. A. 1982. The taxonomic status of Contia collaris var. macrospilota Werner 1903 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Amphibia-Reptilia 3: 283-287 Dotsenko I B 1989. A review of the genus Eirenis (Reptilia, Colubridae). [in Russian]. Vest. zool. 5: 23-29 Engelmann,W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp. Esterbauer,H. 1985. Zur Herpetofauna Südwestsyriens. Herpetofauna 7 (38): 23-34 Franzen,M. & Sigg, H. 1989. Bemerkungen zu einigen Schlangen Ostanatoliens. Salamandra 25 (3/4): 203-212 Haas G. and Werner, Y. L. 1969. Lizards and snakes from Southwestern Asia, collected by Henry Field. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 138: 327-406. Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.A.; Sindaco, R. & Venchi, A. 2002. The herpetofauna of Lebanon: new data on distribution. Zoology in the Middle East 27: 35-46 - get paper here Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat. 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Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 155-166 Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 (2): 239-256 SCHÄTTI, B., I. BARAN & P. MAUNOIR 2001. Taxonomie, Morphologie und Verbreitung der Masken-Schlanknatter Coluber (s.L.) collaris (MÜLLER, 1878). Rev. Suisse Zool. 108 (1): 11-30 Schlüter, U. 2006. Die Herpetofauna der bulgarischen Schwarzmeerküste - Teil 3: Schlangen. Elaphe 14 (2): 59-66 Schmidtler, J.J. & Schmidtler,J. F. 1978. Eine neue Zwergnatter aus der Türkei; mit einer Übersicht über die Gattung Eirenis (Colubridae,Rept.). Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien 81: 383-400 - get paper here Schmidtler,J.F. & Baran,I. 1993. Eirenis collaris - Halsband-Zwergnatter. In: Böhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I. Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 267-278 Sindaco, Roberto; Alberto Venchi, Giuseppe M. 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External links	IUCN Red List - Platyceps collaris - Least Concern, LC Google images

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