Eirenis rothii

Eirenis rothii

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

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

Name

Eirenis rothii Jan, 1863: 259

• Holotype: ZSM 75/0, collected by Roth.
• Type locality: “dintorni di Gerusalemme” [=Jerusalem], Israel.

Combinations

• Contia Rothii — Werner, 1898: 221 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2(2): 213–330. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Mousa Disi, A.M., Werner, Y., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Crochet, P.-A., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A. & Sindaco, R. 2009. IUCN: Eirenis rothii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164602A5911399. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164602A5911399.en. Accessed on 22 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Roth's Dwarf Racer