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Collared Dwarf Racer
Eirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Eirenis collaris, the collared dwarf racer or collared dwarf snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in West Asia in eastern Turkey, the Caucasus (the range thus marginally extending into Europe), Iraq, and Iran. The Reptile Database also lists it from Lebanon and Bulgaria.
Wikipedia contributors, Eirenis collaris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:55:51.039451+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Ménétries, 1832)
- Common name
- Collared Dwarf Racer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Eirenis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusEirenis
- speciesEirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eirenis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| African Dwarf SnakeEirenis africanus (Boulenger, 1914) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baran Dwarf RacerEirenis barani Schmidtler, 1988 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis coronelloides (Jan, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| English common name not availableEirenis decemlineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis lineomaculatus Schmidt, 1939 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis occidentalis Rajabizadeh, Nagy, Adriaens, Avci, Masroor, Schmidtler, Nazarov, Esmaeili & Christiaens, 2015 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rechinger’s dwarf racerEirenis rechingeri Eiselt, 1971 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis thospitis Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dark-headed Dwarf RacerEirenis persicus (Anderson, 1872) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis rafsanjanicus Akbarpour, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis yassujicus Fathinia, Rastegar-Pouyani & Shafaeipour, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eirenis nigrofasciatus (Nikolsky, 1907) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coluber collaris Ménétries, 1832 Ménétries, 1832 | synonym |
| Contia collaris var. macrospilota Werner, 1903 Werner, 1903 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eirenis&species=collaris Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38W2M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.