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Platyceps collaris (MÜLLER, 1878)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesPlatyceps collaris collaris (MÜLLER 1878)
Platyceps collaris rubriceps VENZMER 1919 
Common NamesG: Rötliche Zornnatter
E: Collared Dwarf Racer
G: Halsband-Zwergnatter 
SynonymZamenis dahlii collaris MÜLLER 1878
Contia collaris — VENZMER 1919: 102
Coluber collaris — SCHÄTTI, BARAN & MAUNOIR 2001
Platyceps collaris — SCHÄTTI & MONSCH 2004
Platyceps collaris — SCHLÜTER 2006
Platyceps collaris — VENCHI & SINDACO 2006
Platyceps collaris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 564
Platyceps collaris — MEIRI et al. 2019
Platyceps collaris collaris — ŠMÍD et al. 2021

Platyceps collaris rubriceps VENZMER 1919
Zamenis dahlii rubriceps VENZMER 1919: 107
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 rubriceps — DISI et al. 2001: 271
Coluber rubriceps — AL-QURAN 2009
Coluber rubriceps — DAMHOUREYEH et al. 2009
Platyceps collaris rubriceps — ŠMÍD et al. 2021 
DistributionBulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon

rubriceps: Jordan, Turkey; Type locality: “cilicischer Taurus” and “Bulghar Dagh” (Venzmer is unclear about the origin of the types)

Type locality: Bechebermak, near Caspian Sea.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: NMBA 1166, adult male, designated by Schätti et al. (2001: 15).
Holotype: DZCHU; Paratypes: ZFMK and DZCHU [rubriceps thracius] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2920 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentApparently not listed in the Zoological Record of 1919-1920.

Picture in Winden et al. (1997).

Distribution: not in Armenia fide Jeff Ettling (pers. comm., 2 April 2015), not in Iraq fide Habeeb & Rastegar-Pouyani 2016. Not in Iran, Russia , Azerbaijan, Georgia fide Sindaco et al. 2013. For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013 and Bar et al. 2021. See map of subspecies in ŠMÍD et al. 2021 (Fig. 1).

Synonymy partly after Aziz Avci (pers. comm., and SCHÄTTI et al. 2001), and WALLACH et al. 2014. P. rubriceps is a valid species according to Nagy et al. (2004) but very closely related to P. collaris fide Zaher et al. 2019.

Subspecies: Venzmer 1919 described rubriceps based on 2 specimens. ŠMÍD et al. 2021 showed that collaris and rubriceps form two genetically distinct and gallopatric populations that may be considered as subspecies. However, they did not analyze morphological differentiation among these populations. 
EtymologyProbably named after the Latin word collaris meaning collar (Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013) for the yellow or orange collar or nape. 
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