Elaphe dione

Elaphe dione

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: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe dione

Name

Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773)

• Holotype: not designated, location unknown.
• Type locality: “in desertis salsis versus mare Caspium, Provinzen Russischen Reich”.

Combinations

• Coluber Dione Pallas, 1773: 717
• Chironius dione — Fitzinger, 1826: 60
• Elaphis dione — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 248
• Elaphe dione — Stejneger, 1907: 315

Synonyms

• Coluber tataricus Güldenstedt, 1801
• Coluber dione cumana Pallas, 1814
• Coluber maeota Pallas 1814
• Coluber eremita Eichwald, 1831: 174
• Coluber macoticus Rathke, 1837: 433
• Zamenis Pellioti Mocquard, 1910
• Coluber czerskii Nikolsky, 1914
• Elaphe dione niger Golubewa, 1923
• Elaphe dione tenebrosa Sobolewskij, 1929

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, vol. 2. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., St. Petersburg, 744 pp.

Additional references

• Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
• Engelmann, W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
• Golubeva, N.A. 1923. О ящерицах и змеях зоологического музея Томского университета, относящихся к западно-сибирской фауне. Izvestiya Gosudarstvennogo Tomskogo Universiteta 72(Art. 9): 1–4. PDF (Russian) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Steppes Ratsnake