NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Eirenis levantinus Schmidtler, 1993
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.
geographic distribution of Eirenis levantinus (Native: Israel; Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey)
compiled by rbrausse with Quantum GIS Map data: Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Range data: Yehudah Werner, Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Pierre-André Crochet, Riyad Sadek, Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Roberto Sindaco 2009. Eirenis levantinus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 November 2013. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
Eirenis levantinus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae .
It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, and was rediscovered on Cyprus in 2007 ~150 years after the first report. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, plantations, and rural gardens.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
They are insectivores and are among the few snakes that eat a diet consisting entirely of insects and worms. In the wild, they consume a variety of prey such as crickets, moths, grasshoppers, caterpillars, fly larvae, spiders, and worms.
Wikipedia contributors, Eirenis levantinus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:26:52.437970+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eirenis levantinus Schmidtler, 1993
- Name authority
- Schmidtler, 1993
- 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 levantinus Schmidtler, 1993
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 |
| Collared Dwarf RacerEirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832) | 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 |
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=levantinus 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.
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:38W2Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.