Andreas's racer (Dolichophis andreanus) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the Middle East.
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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: | Dolichophis |
| Species: | D. andreanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolichophis andreanus (F. Werner, 1917)
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Etymology edit
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 edit
D. andreanus is found in the southern Zagros Mountains and their foothills, in Fars Province, Iran,[1] and in Iraq.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of D. andreanus are grassland and rocky areas, at altitudes of 100–3,000 m (330–9,840 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Steven C. Anderson, Theodore Papenfuss, Mozafar Sharifi (2009). "Coluber andreanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164675A5917281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164675A5917281.en. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Species Dolichophis andreanus at 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).
Further reading edit
- Auer M, Khudhur FA, Araratm A, Hussein RH, Auer S, Zönnchen F (2016). "First record of Heirophis andreanus from Iraq". Sauria 38 (4): 49–51.
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK, Venchi A, Grieco C (2013). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 543 pp. ISBN 978-8889504345.
- Torki F (2010). "Die Andreas-Zornatter Heirophis andreanus (WERNER, 1917) im Westen des Iran ". Sauria 32 (4): 27–32. (in German).
- 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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