Eirenis modestus

Eirenis modestus

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Eirenis
Species: Eirenis modestus
Subspecies (3): E. m. cilicius – E. m. modestus – E. m. semimaculatus

Name

Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)

• Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 1850.10.21.21–22, collected by K. Abbot (Euphrates Expedition) between 1835–1837.
• Type locality: “Euphrates” [River] and “Trebizond” [=Trabzon, Trabzon Prov., NE Turkey].

Combinations

• Coronella modesta Martin, 1838: 82 [original combination]
• Contia modesta — Werner, 1939 [subsequent combination]
• Eirenis modesta — Stickel, 1951 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Tyria argonauta Eichwald, 1839
• Eirenis modestus semimaculatus Boettger, 1876
• Contia modesta werneri Wettstein, 1937
• Eirenis modestus cilicius Schmidtler, 1993

References

Primary references

• Martin, W.C.L. 1839. [A Collection of snakes procured by the Euphrates Expedition]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838: 81–84.

Additional references

• Schmidtler, J.F. 1993. Zur Systematik und Phylogenie des Eirenis modestus-Komplexes in Süd-Anatolien. Spixiana 16(1): 79–96. 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. 

Links

• Lymberakis, P., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Nilson, G., Anderson, S. & Andrén, C. 2009. IUCN: Eirenis modestus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157292A5072508. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157292A5072508.en. Accessed on 22 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Asia Minor Dwarf Racer