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Eirenis yassujicus FATHINIA, RASTEGAR-POUYANI & SHAFAEIPOUR, 2019

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEirenis yassujicus FATHINIA, RASTEGAR-POUYANI & SHAFAEIPOUR 2019 
DistributionIran (Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province)

Type locality: Damkoreh Region (30.63057N and 51.41985E), Dasht-e- Room, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province, Iran  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. YUZM CE.1 (Yasouj University Zoological Museum), adult female, 3 May 2016 (Figure 1 in Fathinia et al. 2019) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3226 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat. Eirenis yassujicus sp. n. was found in a forest in the highlands of mid-Zagros Mountains (Figure 4). The habitat substrate is composed of rocky outcrops covering with annual and perennial plants, bushes and trees like Gramineae (annual grasses), Astragalus spp., Amygdalus sp., Acantholimon spp., Fraxinus angustifolia, Pyrus glabra, Crataegus punctata, Lonicera nummulariifolia, Pistachia atlantica and Quercus brantii.

Sympatry: Agamidae: Laudakia nupta, Trapelus ruderatus; Lacertidae: Ophisops elegans, Gekkonidae: Mediodactylus aspratilis, Microgecko sp.; Scincidae: Ablepharus pannonicus, Heremites auratus; Typhlopidae: Xerotyphlops vermicularis; Colubridae: Eirenis punctatolineatus, Hemorhois ravergieri, Platyceps rhodorachis, Malpolon insignitus, Zamenis hohenackeri; Viperidae: Macrovipera lebetina.

Key: Fathinia et al. 2019 provide a key to the 14 species of Eirenis in Iran. 
EtymologyEirenis yassujicus sp. n. is named after Yasouj, capital of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province, a small town having good-weather, attracting many visitors from much warmer provinces of southern and central Iran. 
References
  • Fathinia, Behzad; Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani & Arya Shafaeipour 2019. A new species of Eirenis (Ophidia: Colubridae) from highland habitats in southern Iran. Zool. Middle East 65 (4): 319–329 - get paper here
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
 
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