Eirenis coronella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Eirenis
Species: Eirenis coronella
Subspecies (3): E. c. coronella – E. c. fennelli – E. c. ibrahimi

Name

Eirenis coronella (Schlegel, 1837)

• Neotype: HUJ 8410, ♀, collected by Y.L. Werner on 23 March 1970. [designated by Sivan & Werner (2003: 49)]
• Type locality: “Israel: Negev: near Negev crossroads (Zomet Hanagev), Israeli Grid 13500525”.

Combinations

• Calamaria coronella Schlegel, 1837: 48 [original combination]
• Contia coronella — Boulenger, 1894 [subsequent combination]
• Homalosoma coronella — Peracca, 1894 [subsequent combination]
• Eirenis coronella — Barbour, 1914 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Eirenis fasciatus Jan, 1863
• Contia brevicauda Nikolsky, 1907
• Eirenis coronella fraseri Schmidt, 1939
• Eirenis arabica Haas, 1961
• Eirenis coronella fennelli Arnold, 1982
• Eirenis coronella ibrahimi Sivan & Werner, 2003

References

Primary references

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. 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

• Amr, Z.S.S., Al Johany, A.M.H., Baha El Din, S., Werner, Y.L., Disi, A.M. & Anderson, S. 2012. IUCN: Eirenis coronella  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164662A1065330. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164662A1065330.en. Accessed on 22 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Crowned Dwarf Racer