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Platyceps rogersi (ANDERSON, 1893)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rogers' Racer
G: Andersons Pfeilnatter, Rogers Renner 
SynonymZamenis rogersi ANDERSON 1893: 439
Zamenis rogersi — STEINDACHNER 1901: 333
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 
DistributionLibya, Egypt (incl. Sinai), Israel, Palestine (West Bank), Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, E Iraq, Saudi Arabia ?

Type locality: Lower Egypt  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.71, collected by Mrs. J. Anderson 
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CommentSynonymy: 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. 
EtymologyNamed 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
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  • Baha El Din, S., Sadek, R., Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S. & Werner, Y.L. 2012. Platyceps rogersi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164758A1073251 - 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
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  • Goldberg, S.R., Schwarz, R., Jamison, S. & Maza, E. 2017. Platyceps rogersi (Rogers’ Racer) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 680. - get paper here
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