Eirenis

Eirenis
Eirenis modestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Eirenis
Jan, 1863

Eirenis is a genus of snakes in the Colubridae family. It contains the following eighteen described species:[1]

Distribution

Some of the species within this genus have a narrow geographic distribution; for example, Eirenis mcmahoni occurs only within a single ecoregion along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, which region is known as the Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert.[2]

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