| 词条 | Transcaucasian ratsnake |
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| image = Zamenis hohenackeri.jpg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Zamenis | species = hohenackeri | authority = (Strauch, 1873) | synonyms = *Coluber hohenackeri {{small|Strauch, 1873}}
| synonyms_ref =[2] }} The Transcaucasian ratsnake (Zamenis hohenackeri), also commonly known as the Gavand snake,[2] is a species of nonvenomous ratsnake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Western Asia and the Middle East. EtymologyThe specific name, hohenackeri, is in honor of Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker, who was a Swiss missionary, physician, and naturalist.[3] Geographic rangeZ. hohenackeri is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, southwestern Russia, Syria, and Turkey.[4]DescriptionZ. hohenackeri may attain a total length of {{convert|65|cm|in|abbr=on}}, which includes a tail {{convert|11|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Dorsally, it is gray with four alternating series of dark brown spots. Ventrally, it is reddish or yellowish, marbled or spotted with gray. On the head, there is a diagonal black streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth, and a vertical black line below the eye.[5]HabitatZ. hohenackeri is found in mountainous areas, in a variety of habitats, from dry to wet, including agricultural areas.[1]ReproductionZ. hohenackeri is oviparous.[4] Clutch size is 3–7 eggs.[1]SubspeciesTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Zamenis. References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal|author=Hraoui-Bloquet S |display-authors=etal |date=2009|title=Zamenis hohenackeri |journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2018|publisher=IUCN|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/157251/0|accessdate=8 December 2016}} 2. ^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). 3. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Zamenis hohenacker, p. 125). 4. ^1 2 3 {{EMBL species|genus=Zamenis|species=hohenackeri}} 5. ^Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. Plates I-XX. (Coluber hohenackeri, p. 42). Further reading
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