Elaphe urartica

Elaphe urartica

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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe urartica

Name

Elaphe urartica Jablonski, Kukushkin, Avcı, Bunyatova, Ilgaz, Tuniyev & Jandzík in Jablonski et al., 2019: 22

• Holotype: ZDEU 26/2012, adult ♂, collected by Sako B. Tuniyev in 16 July 2012.
• Type locality: “Bitlis Province, Turkey (Kısıklı Village, Süphan Mts.; 38.93°N, 42.91°E, 2,394 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Jablonski, D., Kukushkin, O.V., Avcı, A., Bunyatova, S., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Polyakova, E., Shiryaev, K., Tuniyev, B. & Jandzík, D. 2019. The biogeography of Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species. PeerJ 7: e6944. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6944 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Elaphe urartica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2021.

Vernacular names

• English: Urartian Rat Snake