Dolichophis andreanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dolichophis
Species: Dolichophis andreanus

Name

Dolichophis andreanus (Werner, 1917)

• Syntypes (2): ZMG 160, ♂, and ZMG 164, ♀, collected by F.C. Andreas between 1877–1878 and 1905.
• Type locality: “Persien (Provinz Fars)”.

Combinations

• Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917: 207 [original combination]
• Coluber andreanus — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]
• Hierophis andreanus — Torki, 2010 [subsequent combination]
• Dolichophis andreanus — Rajabizadeh, Pyron, Nazarov, Poyarkov, Adriaens & Herrel, 2020 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1917. Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 191—220.
• Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page. 
• Rajabizadeh, M., Pyron, R.A., Nazarov, R., Poyarkov, N.A., Adriaens, D. & Herrel, A. 2020. Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae). PeerJ 8: e9016. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9016 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dolichophis andreanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2021.
• Anderson, S.C., Papenfuss, T. & Sharifi, M. 2009. IUCN: Coluber andreanus  (). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164675A5917281. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164675A5917281.en. Accessed on 26 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Andreas’ Racer