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Eirenis hakkariensis SCHMIDTLER & EISELT, 1991

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Hakkari-Zwergnatter 
SynonymEirenis hakkariensis SCHMIDTLER & EISELT 1991: 230
Eirenis (Pediophis) thospitis hakkariensis — NAGY et al. 2004
Eirenis (Pediophis) hakkariensis — MAHLOW et al. 2013: 53 
DistributionTurkey (eastern Taurus: South of Lake Van, Anatolia).

Type locality: “oberhalb Hakkâri-Stadt, 1900 m ü. M.“.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 3/1991, paratypes: ZSM, NMP P6V, according to Franzen & Glaw (2007) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (n=21): Eine großwüchsige Eirenis-Art mit 17 Dorsalia um die Körpermitte aus der Verwandtschaft von Eirenis thospitis (15 Dorsalia!), E. modestus und E. punctatolineatus. Unterscheidet sich von diesen, wie von den übrigen Angehörigen der Gattung, durch die extreme Verblassung der Kopf- und Halszeichnung schon im Jugendstadium (wenn vorhanden, ein dunkler Okzipitalstrich mit seitlichen Fleckchen und dorsalen Punkten). (Schmidtler & Eiselt 1991)


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CommentSynonymy: Wallach et al. 2014 list this species as synonym of Eirenis thospitis, citing SCHMIDTLER & EISELT 1991 as source (!?). 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Mahlow, Kristin; Frank Tillack, Josef Friedrich Schmidtler & Johannes Müller 2013. An annotated checklist, description and key to the dwarf snakes of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), with special emphasis on the dentition. Vertebrate Zoology 63 (1): 41–85 - get paper here
  • Mlíkovský, Jiří; Petr Benda, Jiří Moravec & Radek Šanda 2011. Type specimens of recent vertebrates in the collections of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 180 (10): 133-164
  • Nagy, Z.T., J.F. Schmidtler, U. Joger & M. Wink 2003. Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten. Salamandra 39 (3-4): 149-168 - get paper here
  • Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111 (2): 239-256 - get paper here
  • Schmidtler, J.F. & EISELT,J. 1991. Zur Verbreitung und Systematik ostanatolischer Zwergnattern; mit Beschreibung von Eirenis hakkariensis n.sp. (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 27 (3): 215-227 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Alberto Venchi, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Marco A. Bologna 2000. The Reptiles of Anatolia: a Checklist and Zoogeographical analysis. Biogeographia, 21-2000: 441-554. - get paper here
 
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