Eirenis rafsanjanicus
Eirenis rafsanjanicus Akbarpour, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020
First described in: Akbarpour, Morteza, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Fathinia, Behzad, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar (2020): A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran. Zootaxa 4868 (1): 117-128, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.6
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description
Description of the holotype. Slender body; small head, not distinct from the neck; eyes with round pupils; two internasals with a suture between them which is shorter than that between the prefrontals; undivided nasal; frontal longer (3.4 mm) than wide (1.8 mm); supraoculars narrower anteriorly; parietals large, longer than the frontal; one loreal, square-shaped on both right and left sides; one preocular and two postocular (s); subocular absent; 1 + 2 temporals; 7 supralabials (3 rd and 4 th in contact with the eye); 9 infralabials on each side; a large pair of anterior chin shields, in contact with the first four infralabials and posterior chin shields, but not in contact with mental; posterior pair of chain shields much shorter than anterior pair (2.8 mm vs. 3.7 mm), posterior chin shields separated by a pair of oblique scales; dorsal scales smooth, in 17 rows at midbody; 173 ventrals; anal and subcaudal scales divided, 78 subcaudals. Morphometric characters. Snout-vent length 280 mm; tail length 93.7 mm; head length 12.8 mm; head width 8.1 mm; and head height 5.1 mm. Color pattern. The upper surface of the head is uniformly light brown; supralabials and pre- and postoculars wit
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran
distribution
Distribution. So far, this new species, Eirenis rafsanjanicus sp. n., is only known from the type locality (Fig. 1).
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran
etymology
Etymology. This species is named after Rafsanjan County in Kerman Province, where the holotype and paratype specimens were collected.
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran
materials_examined
Holotype. RUZM CE 11.1: an adult female collected from Raviz village, 30.36275 N 55.42825 E, 2266 m a. s. l., Kerman Province, south-central Iran, on 28 July 2018 by Morteza Akbarpour. Paratype. RUZM CE 11.2: an adult male collected from Raviz village, 30.3605278 N 55.4273611 E, 2282 m a. s. l., Kerman Province, southeastern Iran, on 12 April 2019 by Alireza Sahebi.
A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10765408.