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Species:
Elaphe dione
Synonyms:
Coluber Dione PALLAS 1773: 717
Coluber diana LATREILLE 1802: 159 (emendation)
Coluber eremita EICHWALD 1831: 174 (fide STEJNEGER 1907)
Coluber maeoticus RATHKE 1837: 433 (fide STEJNEGER 1907)
Elaphis dione - DUM�RIL & BIBRON 1854: 248
Elaphis dione - G�NTHER 1864: 240
Coluber dione - BOULENGER 1894: 44
Coluber dione - STONE 1899: 184
Elaphe dione STEJNEGER 1907: 315
Zamenis PELLIOTI 1910
Elaphe czerskii NIKOLSKY 1914
Elaphe dione niger GOLUBEVA 1923
Elaphe dione tenebrosa SOBOLEVSKY 1929
Elaphe dione - ENGELMANN et al 1993
Elaphe dione - SCHULZ 1996
Subspecies:
Family:
Colubridae, Serpentes (snakes)
Distribution:
E Ukraine, S/SE Russia, Far East (Russia), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,
Afghanistan, N Iran, Armenia, Kirghizia, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,
N China (southward to Sichuan in the west and Jiangsu in the east; Kiangsu, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi, Gansu; north to Chang Jiang river)

Terra typica: unknown (Pallas, 1773); Gratscheffskoi, Kasachstan (Mertens & Mueller, 1928)
Terra typica: South Siberia, Russia (fide KHALIKOV, pers. comm.)
Comment:
Synonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.) and STEJNEGER 1907.

Named after "Dione" the mother of Aphrodite in Greek mythology.

photo: http://www.kz/eng/animals/desert.html
photo: http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/szmn/picts/Reptilia/Elaphe_dione.htm
References:
Schulz, K.-D. 1996
Eine Monographie der Schlangengattung Elaphe Fitzinger.
Bushmaster, Berg (CH): 1-460

Engelmann,W.E. et al. 1993
Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas
Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.

Stone, Witmer 1899
A small collection of batrachians and reptiles from eastern Mongolia.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1899: 183-184

Obst,F.J. & Scerbak,N.N. 1993
Elaphe dione - Steppennatter. In: B�hme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I.
Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 295-316

Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993
Herpetology of China
SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522

STEJNEGER, LEONHARD H. 1907
Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory.
Bull. US. Natl. Mus., Washington, 58: xx, 1-577

PALLAS,P.S. 1773
Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, vol. 2.
Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., St. Petersburg, 744pp.

Boulenger, George A. 1894
Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubrid� Aglyph�.
British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.

DUM�RIL, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUM�RIL 1854
Erp�tologie g�n�rale ou Histoire Naturelle compl�te des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1).
Paris, xvi + 780 S.

G�NTHER, A. 1864
The Reptiles of British India.
London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.

Latreille,P.A. 1801
XXII Genre. H�t�rodon, Heterodon. In: Sonnini and Latreille, Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles aved figures dessin�es d'apr�s nature, Vol. 4: 32-37
Chez Deterville, Paris.

Eichwald, E. 1831
Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi.
Zawadski, Vilnae.

RATHKE 1837
M�m. Sav. �trang. Acad. St. P�tersbourg 3: 433

Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996
A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger.
Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp.
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: : Species: : Elaphe dione : Synonyms: : Coluber Dione PALLAS 1773: 717 : Coluber diana LATREILLE 1802: 159 (emendation) : Coluber eremita EICHWALD 1831: 174 (fide STEJNEGER 1907) : Coluber maeoticus RATHKE 1837: 433 (fide STEJNEGER 1907) : Elaphis dione - DUM�RIL & BIBRON 1854: 248 : Elaphis dione - G�NTHER 1864: 240 : Coluber dione - BOULENGER 1894: 44 : Coluber dione - STONE 1899: 184 : Elaphe dione STEJNEGER 1907: 315 : Zamenis PELLIOTI 1910 : Elaphe czerskii NIKOLSKY 1914 : Elaphe dione niger GOLUBEVA 1923 : Elaphe dione tenebrosa SOBOLEVSKY 1929 : Elaphe dione - ENGELMANN et al 1993 : Elaphe dione - SCHULZ 1996 : Subspecies: : Family: : Colubridae, Serpentes (snakes) : Distribution: : E Ukraine, S/SE Russia, Far East (Russia), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, : Afghanistan, N Iran, Armenia, Kirghizia, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, : N China (southward to Sichuan in the west and Jiangsu in the east; Kiangsu, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi, Gansu; north to Chang Jiang river) : Terra typica: unknown (Pallas, 1773); Gratscheffskoi, Kasachstan (Mertens & Mueller, 1928) : Terra typica: South Siberia, Russia (fide KHALIKOV, pers. comm.) : Comment: : Synonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.) and STEJNEGER 1907. : Named after "Dione" the mother of Aphrodite in Greek mythology. : photo: http://www.kz/eng/animals/desert.html : photo: http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/szmn/picts/Reptilia/Elaphe_dione.htm : References: : Schulz, K.-D. 1996 : Eine Monographie der Schlangengattung Elaphe Fitzinger. : Bushmaster, Berg (CH): 1-460 : Engelmann,W.E. et al. 1993 : Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas : Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp. : Stone, Witmer 1899 : A small collection of batrachians and reptiles from eastern Mongolia. : Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1899: 183-184 : Obst,F.J. & Scerbak,N.N. 1993 : Elaphe dione - Steppennatter. In: B�hme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I. : Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 295-316 : Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993 : Herpetology of China : SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522 : STEJNEGER, LEONHARD H. 1907 : Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. : Bull. US. Natl. Mus., Washington, 58: xx, 1-577 : PALLAS,P.S. 1773 : Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, vol. 2. : Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., St. Petersburg, 744pp. : Boulenger, George A. 1894 : Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubrid� Aglyph�. : British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. : DUM�RIL, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUM�RIL 1854 : Erp�tologie g�n�rale ou Histoire Naturelle compl�te des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). : Paris, xvi + 780 S. : G�NTHER, A. 1864 : The Reptiles of British India. : London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. : Latreille,P.A. 1801 : XXII Genre. H�t�rodon, Heterodon. In: Sonnini and Latreille, Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles aved figures dessin�es d'apr�s nature, Vol. 4: 32-37 : Chez Deterville, Paris. : Eichwald, E. 1831 : Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. : Zawadski, Vilnae. : RATHKE 1837 : M�m. Sav. �trang. Acad. St. P�tersbourg 3: 433 : Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996 : A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. : Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp. : //

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