{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Eirenis'' | image = Benny Trapp Eirenis modestus Samos.jpg | image_caption = ''Eirenis modestus'' | taxon = Eirenis | authority = Jan, 1863 }}
'''''Eirenis''''' is a genus of Old World snakes in the family Colubridae.<ref name="RDB"/>
==Species== The genus ''Eirenis'' contains the following 23 described species:<ref name="RDB">''[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Eirenis&species=&subspecies=&author=&year=&common_name=&location=&holotype=&reference=&submit=Search The TIGR Reptile Database - Genus Eirenis]''</ref> *''Eirenis africanus'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1914)}} - African dwarf snake *''Eirenis aurolineatus'' {{small|(Venzmer, 1919)}} *''Eirenis barani'' {{small|J.F. Schmidtler}}, 1988 – Baran's dwarf racer *''Eirenis collaris'' {{small|(Ménétries, 1832)}} – collared dwarf racer *''Eirenis coronella'' {{small|(Schlegel, 1837)}} – crowned dwarf racer *''Eirenis coronelloides'' {{small|(Jan, 1862)}} - Sinai dwarf racer *''Eirenis decemlineatus'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} - narrow-striped dwarf snake *''Eirenis eiselti'' {{small|J.J. Schmidtler & J.F. Schmidtler, 1978}} – Eiselt's dwarf racer *''Eirenis hakkariensis'' {{small|J.F. Schmidtler & Eiselt, 1991}} *''Eirenis kermanensis'' {{small|Rajabizadeh et al., 2012}} *''Eirenis levantinus'' {{small|J.F. Schmidtler, 1993}} *''Eirenis lineomaculatus'' {{small|K.P. Schmidt, 1939}} *''Eirenis medus'' {{small|(Chernov, 1940)}} *''Eirenis modestus'' {{small|(Martin, 1838)}} – Asia Minor dwarf racer *''Eirenis nigrofasciatus'' {{small|Nikolsky, 1907}} *''Eirenis occidentalis'' {{small|Rajabizadeh et al., 2015}} *''Eirenis persicus'' {{small|(Anderson, 1872)}} - dark-headed dwarf racer *''Eirenis punctatolineatus'' {{small|(Boettger, 1892)}} – dotted dwarf racer *''Eirenis rafsanjanicus'' {{small|Akbarpour, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2020}} *''Eirenis rechingeri'' {{small|Eiselt, 1971}} *''Eirenis rothii'' {{small|Jan, 1863}} – Roth's dwarf racer *''Eirenis thospitis'' {{small|J.F. Schmidtler & Lanza, 1990}} *''Eirenis yassujicus'' {{small|Fathinia, E. Rastegar-Pouyani & Shafaeipour, 2019}}
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Eirenis''.
==Distribution== Some of the species within this genus have a narrow geographic distribution; for example, ''Eirenis mcmahoni'' occurs only within a single ecoregion along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, which region is known as the Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert.<ref>Hogan, C. Michael; World Wildlife Fund. 2012. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Registan-North_Pakistan_sandy_desert?topic=49597 Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment]. Topic editor Peter Saundry.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Jan G. 1862. "''Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Calamaridae'' ". ''Archivo per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia'' (Genoa) '''2''': 213–330. (''Eirenis'', new genus, p. 256). (in Italian). *Nagy ZT, Schmidtler JF, Joger U, Wink M. 2003. "''Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: ''Eirenis'') und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten'' ". ''Salamandra'' '''39''' (3/4): 149–168. (in German).
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Category:Eirenis Category:Colubridae Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Giorgio Jan Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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