Eirenis coronelloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Eirenis
Species: Eirenis coronelloides

Name

Eirenis coronelloides (Jan, 1862)

• Neotype: HUJ 21223 (formerly ZDEU 122/1975/2), ♂, collected by native on 11 May 1975. [designated by Sivan & Werner (2003: 53)]
• Type locality: “Turkey: Birecik (Urfa prov.)”.

Combinations

• Homalosoma coronelloides Jan, 1862: 34 [original combination]
• Contia coronelloides — Chernov, 1948 [subsequent combination]
• Eirenis coronelloides — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Eirenis coronella coronelloides — Venchi & Sindaco, 2007 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 1–76. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Disi, A.M., Werner, Y.L., Tok, C.V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Baha El Din, S., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A. & Üzüm, N. 2009. IUCN: Eirenis coronelloides  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164765A87532991. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164765A5924432.en. Accessed on 22 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Egypt Crowned Dwarf Racer