Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Colubroidea
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dolichophis
Species: Dolichophis caspius
Subspecies: D. c. caspius - D. c. eiselti
Name
Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)
Type locality: “steppes of Jaiki, lower basin of the urals”.
Synonyms
* Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789
* Coluber acontistes Pallas, 1814
* Coluber thermalis Pallas, 1814
* Coluber jugularis caspius — Wütschert, 1984
* Coluber jugularis caspius — Nöllert et al., 1986
* Coluber caspius —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
* Hierophis caspius — Schätti, 1988
* Hierophis caspius — Engelmann, 1993
* Coluber jugularis caspius — Jessat, 1998
* Coluber caspius — Szczerbak, 2003
* Coluber caspius — van der Voort, 2004
* Hierophis caspius — Nagy et al., 2004
* Hierophis caspius — Kumlutas et al., 2004
* Dolichophis caspius — Nagy et al., 2004
* Coluber (s.l.) caspius — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006
References
* Gmelin, S.G. 1789. In: Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus 1, Pars III. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg. Emanuel Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516.
* Nagy, Z.T.; Schmidtler, J.F. Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten. Salamandra 39 (3/4): 149-168.
* Venchi, Alberto and Roberto Sindaco 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova, XCVIII: 259-364.
* Dolichophis caspius at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Balkan-Springnatter
English: Balkan Whip Snake
