Eirenis rafsanjanicus

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Eirenis rafsanjanicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Eirenis
Species:
E. rafsanjanicus
Binomial name
Eirenis rafsanjanicus
Akbarpour, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia, & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020

Eirenis rafsanjanicus is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae that is found in Iran. [1] [2]

It is named after the Rafsanjan County, where the holotype and paratype were collected.

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References

  1. Species Eirenis rafsanjanicus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Akbarpour, Morteza; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Fathinia, Behzad; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar (2020-10-23). "A new species of the genus Eirenis Jan, 1863 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Kerman Province in South-central Iran". Zootaxa. 4868 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.6. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33311411.