Hemorrhois ravergieri

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Hemorrhois ravergieri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species:
H. ravergieri
Binomial name
Hemorrhois ravergieri
(Ménétries, 1832)
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Coluber ravergieri
    Ménétries, 1832
  • Zamenis caudælineatus
    Günther, 1858
  • Periops caudælineatus
    Jan, 1865
  • Zamenis fedtschenkoi
    Strauch, 1873
  • Zamenis ravergieri
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Elaphe caudaelineata
    Schmidt, 1939
  • Hemorrhois ravergieri
    Nagy et al., 2004

Hemorrhois ravergieri, commonly called the spotted whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Western Asia, Central Asia, and South-Central Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, ravergieri, is in honor of a certain Mr. Ravergier who was an attaché at the French embassy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [4]

Geographic range

H. ravergieri is found in the following localities.

The former Soviet republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia, the latter from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea east to E Kazakhstan:

Description

Dorsally, H. ravergieri is tan or grayish, with a series of dark rhomboidal spots or crossbars, alternating with smaller spots on the sides. The spots usually become confluent posteriorly, and appear as dark stripes on the tail. There is a diagonal dark streak below the eye, and a similar subparallel streak from the back of the eye to the corner of the mouth. Ventrally, it is whitish or covered with blackish dots.

The weakly keeled dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows. The ventrals, which are obtusely angulate laterally, number 190-222; the anal is divided; and the subcaudals, which are paired, are 75–101.

Adults may attain 133 cm (4 ft 4 in) in total length, with a tail 32 cm (12+12 in) long. [2]

H. ravergieri from a line that originates from Uzbekistan. A7F05991 copy.jpg
H. ravergieri from a line that originates from Uzbekistan.
A naturally occurring "black-headed" trait in H. ravergieri from a line that originates from Uzbekistan. A7F05923 copy.jpg
A naturally occurring "black-headed" trait in H. ravergieri from a line that originates from Uzbekistan.

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References

Citations
  1. Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Werner, Y.L.; Böhme, W.; Lymberakis, P.; Tok, V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Crochet, P.-A.; Li, P.; Lau, M.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Rustamov, A; Munkhbayar, K.; Nuridjanov, D.; Shestapol, A.; Dujsebayeva, T. (2017). "Hemorrhois ravergieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T157285A749241. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157285A749241.en . Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Zamenis ravergieri, pp. 405–406). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8316
  3. "Hemorrhois ravergieri". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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