Persian Rat Snake
Zamenis persicus (Werner, 1913)
Also calledCobra-rateira-persa (por) · Culebra ratonera persa (spa) · Persidsky Poloz (rus) · Persische Kletternatter (deu) · Serpent ratier de Perse (fra) · perzsa patkánysikló (hun) · užovka perská (ces) · Персидский полоз (rus) · مار موش خوار پارسی (fas)
First described in: Werner, F. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa.
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Zamenis persicus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2458397.