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Eirenis lineomaculatus Schmidt, 1939

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.

Yer: Mardin - Bodur Yılan (Eirenis lineomaculatus )  http://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/cont/v8n2/bb_141208_Karis.pdf

Yer: Mardin - Bodur Yılan (Eirenis lineomaculatus ) http://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/cont/v8n2/bb_141208_Karis.pdf

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Open encyclopedia reference

Eirenis lineomaculatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

It is found in the levant, ,

Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, and rural gardens.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Eirenis lineomaculatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:26:52.438971+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eirenis lineomaculatus Schmidt, 1939
Name authority
Schmidt, 1939
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyColubridae
  13. subfamilyColubrinae
  14. genusEirenis
  15. speciesEirenis lineomaculatus Schmidt, 1939

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eirenis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
African Dwarf SnakeEirenis africanus (Boulenger, 1914)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Baran Dwarf RacerEirenis barani Schmidtler, 1988ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Collared Dwarf RacerEirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis coronelloides (Jan, 1862)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
English common name not availableEirenis decemlineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis occidentalis Rajabizadeh, Nagy, Adriaens, Avci, Masroor, Schmidtler, Nazarov, Esmaeili & Christiaens, 2015ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rechinger’s dwarf racerEirenis rechingeri Eiselt, 1971ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis thospitis Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dark-headed Dwarf RacerEirenis persicus (Anderson, 1872)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis rafsanjanicus Akbarpour, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis yassujicus Fathinia, Rastegar-Pouyani & Shafaeipour, 2019ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eirenis nigrofasciatus (Nikolsky, 1907)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine (West Bank), Jordan

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.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eirenis&species=lineomaculatus 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:38W32. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.