Zamenis persicus

Zamenis persicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Zamenis
Species: Zamenis persicus

Name

Zamenis persicus (Werner, 1913)

• Holotype: ZMH, ♂, collected by F. Bruns in 20–26 July 1909. [destroyed in July 1943 during WWII]
• Type locality: “Barferush, Provinz Mazanderan, Persien [=Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran]”.

Combinations

• Coluber longissima var. persica — Werner, 1913: 23 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Elaphe longissima persica — Werner, 1936 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe persica — Nilson & Andrén, 1984: 162 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Zamenis persicus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 30(2): 1–39. BHL
• Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schätti, B., Tillack, F. & Schulz, K.-D. 2010. History, status, and validity of the Racer Zamenis persicus Jan, 1863, and the scientific name of the Ratsnake Z. persicus (Werner, 1913) (Squamata, Colubridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 275–281. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201000010 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zamenis persicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 October 2022.
• Tuniyev, B., Ananjeva, N., Agasyan, A., Orlov, N., Tuniyev, S. & Anderson, S. 2009. IUCN: Zamenis persicus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164577A5909409. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164577A5909409.en. Accessed on 19 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Persische Kletternatter
English: Persian Ratsnake

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