Transcaucasian ratsnake

Transcaucasian ratsnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Zamenis
Species:
Z. hohenackeri
Binomial name
Zamenis hohenackeri
(Strauch, 1873)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber hohenackeri
    Strauch, 1873
  • Elaphe hohenackeri
    — Engelmann et al., 1993
  • Zamenis hohenackeri
    — Utiger et al., 2002

The Transcaucasian ratsnake (Zamenis hohenackeri), also commonly known as the Gavand snake,[3] is a species of nonvenomous ratsnake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Western Asia and the Middle East. There are three recognized subspecies.

  1. ^ Hraoui-Bloquet, Souad; Sadek, Riyad; Tok, Varol; Ugurtas, Ismail H.; Sevinç, Murat; Werner, Yehudah; Sterijovski, Bogoljub; Nilson, Göran; Tuniyev, Boris; Akarsu, Ferdi (2009). "Zamenis hohenackeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157251A5060528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157251A5060528.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  3. ^ Latifi, Mahmoud (1991). The Snakes of Iran. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 156 pp. ISBN 0-916984-22-2. ("Elaphe hohenackeri, Gavand Snake", p. 110).