NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dotted Dwarf Racer
Eirenis punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eirenis punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892)
- Name authority
- (Boettger, 1892)
- Common name
- Dotted 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 punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892)
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyclophis modestus var. punctatolineata Boettger, 1892 Boettger, 1892 | synonym |
| Contia condoni Boulenger, 1920 Boulenger, 1920 | synonym |
| Contia schelkovnikovi Nikolsky, 1909 Nikolsky, 1909 | synonym |
| Eirenis iranica Schmidt, 1939 Schmidt, 1939 | synonym |
| Eirenis punctatolineatus kumerloevei Eiselt, 1970 Eiselt, 1970 | synonym |
| Zamenis bornmuellerorum 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=punctatolineatus 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:38W3B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.