Eirenis persicus

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{speciesbox | image = Eirenis persicus.jpg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Andrén, C. |author2=Sindaco, R. |author3=Böhme, W. |author4=Ugurtas, I.H. |author5=Tok, C.V. |author6=Sevinç, M. |author7=Crochet, P.-A. |author8=Nilson, G. |year=2021 |title=''Eirenis persicus'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T164700A1069087 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164700A1069087.en |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref> | genus = Eirenis | species = persicus | authority = (Anderson, 1872) }}

'''''Eirenis persicus''''' is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is commonly known as the '''dark-headed dwarf racer'''.

==Geographic range== The snake is found in the Middle East. '''''Eirenis persicus''''' has a wide distribution range. They can be found in south-eastern Turkey, southern Armenia, eastern Iraq, Iran, south Turkmenistan and also in some parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north-western India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rajabizadeh|first1=Mahdi|last2=Nagy|first2=Zoltán T.|last3=Adriaens|first3=Dominique|last4=Avci|first4=Aziz|last5=Masroor|first5=Rafaqat|last6=Schmidtler|first6=Josef|last7=Nazarov|first7=Roman|last8=Esmaeili|first8=Hamid Reza|last9=Christiaens|first9=Joachim|date=2016-04-01|title=Alpine-Himalayan orogeny drove correlated morphological, molecular, and ecological diversification in the Persian dwarf snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Eirenis persicus)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=176|issue=4|pages=878–913|doi=10.1111/zoj.12342|issn=0024-4082|doi-access=free}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} *{{EMBL species|genus=Eirenis|species=persicus}}

Category:Eirenis Category:Reptiles described in 1872 Category:Reptiles of the Middle East Category:Taxa named by John Anderson (zoologist)