Eirenis decemlineatus

Eirenis decemlineatus
	Striped
	Non-striped
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Eirenis
Species:	E. decemlineatus
Binomial name
	Eirenis decemlineatus; (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854)

Eirenis decemlineatus or (also known as the Narrow-striped Dwarf Snake), is a non-venomous snake[1] found in West Asia & Middle East.

Description

Eirenis decemlineatus (Eirenis decemlineata) adults range from 45-90 cm in length.

Body is brown above, uniform or with two thin, dark stripes running the length of the body and tail. Lower parts uniform white. Two forms of the Narrow-striped dwarf snake may occur in the same habitat; one with longitudinal lines and the other with gray dorsum void of lines.[2]

Distribution

This species found in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan extending to Iraq and Iran.[2]

This species is found in sparsely vegetated rocky areas of pine and oak forest. It can also be found in orchards and rural gardens.[3]

Feed

Feeds mainly on large insects, scorpions, spiders and centipedes.[1]

Reproduction

Oviparous, the female lays eggs.

References

"WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources". www.toxinology.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
AMR, ZUHAIR; DISI, AHMAD (2011). Systematics, distribution and ecology of the snakes of Jordan. www.vertebrate-zoology.de. p. 201.
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

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[:0-1] "WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources". www.toxinology.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

[:1-2] AMR, ZUHAIR; DISI, AHMAD (2011). Systematics, distribution and ecology of the snakes of Jordan. www.vertebrate-zoology.de. p. 201.

[3] "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-01-23.