Hemorrhois algirus

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

Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863)

Syntypes (n=4): MNHN 3575, MNHN 7464, and formerly MSNM, destroyed in 1943 during World War II.
Type locality: “Algeri. Sphax d'Algeria”.

Periops algira Jan, 1863: 60 [original combination]
Zamenis algirus — Boulenger, 1891 [subsequent combination]
Coluber algirus — Villiers, 1950 [subsequent combination]
Coluber florulentus algirus — Kramer & Schnurrenberger, 1959 [subsequent combination]
Haemorrhois algirus [sic] — Welch, 1980 [subsequent combination]
Eremiophis algirus — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
Hemorrhois algirus — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

Jan, G. 1863. Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Icongrafia générale. A. Lombardi: Milano. vii + 143 pp. BHL Reference page.

Baha El Din, S., Crochet, P.-A., Dobbs, E. & Bouazza, A. 2025. IUCN: Hemorrhois algirus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T183197A244495412. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T183197A244495412.en. Accessed on 12 January 2026.