Alpine-Himalayan orogeny drove correlated morphological, molecular, and ecological diversification in the Persian dwarf snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Eirenis persicus) Author Rajabizadeh, Mahdi Author Nagy, Zoltán T. Author Adriaens, Dominique Author Avci, Aziz Author Masroor, Rafaqat Author Schmidtler, Josef Author Nazarov, Roman Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Author Christiaens, Joachim text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016 176 878 913 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5360449 0024-4082 5360449 591555C6-EF37-495B-A CONTIA PERSICA NIGROFASCIATA TERENT ÉV & CHERNOV, 1965 Holotype ZISP 10323 ( Zoological Institute , Russian Academy of Science , Saint Petersburg , Russia ). Terra typica ‘ Urbs Dizful (Arabistan)’ [around Dezful ( 32°23′12″N , 48°23′38″E ), Khuzestan province , south-western Iran (locality indicated by triangle 6 in Fig. 2 )] . Diagnosis N = 9; 5♂ , 4♀ . 193–207 ( x = 200.8) ventrals in ♂ and 209–219 ( x = 212.2) in ♀ ; 67–96 ( x = 81.6) subcaudals in ♂ and 68–74 ( x = 70.6) in ♀ ; ratio of the tail length over total length 21.57–28.49 ( x = 24.64) in ♂ and 19.02–20.69 ( x = 19.73) in ♀ ; 15/15 dorsal scale rows on the anterior and mid dorsal body, usually 13 (71.4%), sometimes 12 or 14, posterior dorsal scales; seven supralabials, usually eight (77.8%), rarely seven/ eight, infralabials on both sides of the head; posteri- or chin shields attached; no loreal scale; nine to 11 scales between the last infralabials, ten to 11 (in a single specimen, nine) scales behind the parietals. The dorsal body and the tail are marked by alternate transverse bars of blackish and whitish or pinkish colour; except the snout, dorsal and lateral head, and the nape greyish or blackish; blackish or dark blotches on and below the posterior eye, adjacent to the supralabials, and on the parietals; sometimes a few blackish marking on the anterior infralabials; the rest of the infralabials, the lower margin of the supralabials, and ventral surface of the head, and the body uniformly cream ( Fig. 1E ).