Andreas's racer
| Andreas's racer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Hierophis |
| Species: | H. andreanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hierophis andreanus (F. Werner, 1917)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Andreas's racer (Hierophis andreanus) is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Etymology
The specific name, andreanus, is in honor of "Herr Prof. Andreas " (= Professor Andreas) who collected natural history specimens in Persia (now Iran) in 1905.[3]
Geographic range
It is found in Iran.
References
- ^ "Coluber andreanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Hierophis andreanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Coluber andreanus, p. 9).
External links
- Species Hierophis andreanus at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Werner F (1917). "Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars) ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 191-220. (Zamenis andreana, new species, pp. 207–208). (in German).
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