Dolichophis caspius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)

Type material: not designated, location unknown.
Type locality: “ad littora maris Caspii”, restricted to “Jaikische Steppen, Gebiet des unteren Ural-Flusses” by Mertens & Müller (1928: 46).

Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789: 1112 [original combination]
Hierophis caspius — Fitzinger, 1853 [subsequent combination]
Zamenis atrovirens caspius — Günther, 1858 [subsequent combination]
Zamenis gemonensis caspius — Boulenger, 1893 [subsequent combination]
Zamenis cespius [sic] — Werner, 1920 [subsequent combination]
Coluber jugularis caspius — Mertens & Müller, 1928 [subsequent combination]
Haemorrhois jugularis caspius [sic] — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
Dolichophis caspius — Nagy, Schmidtler, Joger & Wink, 2003 [subsequent combination by implication]

Coluber jaculator Pallas, 1799
Coluber bicolor Güldenstedt, 1801
Coluber trabalis Pallas, 1811 [substitute name for Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789]
Coluber acontistes Pallas, 1814
Coluber thermalis Pallas, 1814
Coluber griseo-coeruleus Dwigubskij, 1832
Coluber caspius eiselti Zinner, 1972 [invalid name]

Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars III. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 1033–1516. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545; BHL Reference page.
Nagy, Z.T., Schmidtler, J.F., Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2003. Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten. Salamandra 39(3–4): 149–168. PDF Reference page.

Aghasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N.B., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N.L., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Böhme, W., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Haxhiu, I,, Sterijovski, B., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D., Munkhbayar, K. & Shestapol, A. 2017. IUCN: Dolichophis caspius (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157267A746211. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157267A746211.en. Accessed on 09 January 2026.