Eirenis levantinus

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
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Eirenis levantinus Schmidtler, 1993: 87

  • Holotype: ZSM 14/1991, adult ♀, collected by J.F. and H. Schmidtler on 23 May 1991.
  • Type locality: “6 km SW Karaisali (Prov. Adana; Nr. 17 auf der Karte”.

References

Primary references

  • Schmidtler, J.F. 1993. Zur Systematik und Phylogenie des Eirenis modestus-Komplexes in Süd-Anatolien. Spixiana 16(1): 79–96. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Werner, Y.L., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Sadek, R., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A., Üzüm, N. & Sindaco, R. 2009. IUCN: Eirenis levantinus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61497A86446786. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61497A12482678.en. Accessed on 22 October 2025.

Vernacular names

  • English: Levantine Dwarf Racer