Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773:717)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 506-507

Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773:717)

1773 Coluber dione Pallas, Anhang zum zweyten Theil. Decriptiones Animalium. Pages 701–744 In Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches, Zweter Theil, Zweyres Buch vom Jahr 1771. Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg, Russia. pp, 369–744 + (6) pp., pls. I–XIV, Pls. A– Z, 1 map.

TYPES (S). — Not located (most probably lost), from “mountains near Irtin [= Irtysh River]” [translated from German], subsequently specified as “Gratscheffskoi outpost, near Semijarsk, upper Irtysh area, Semipalatinsk district, Kazakhstan ” fide Helfenberger (2001) .

LOCALITIES.— Kunduz, 6 1 ⁄ 2 mi SE of, village of Bolla Quchi [Kundus Prov.] ( USNM 166774–75 ) [see pl. 11, fig. 6 for distribution] .

REMARKS.— Dotsenko (2003: 31) mentioned an additional specimen ( ZIK 1796 /4433) from “ Wüste Registan [= Registan desert], Umgebung von Kandahar [= vicinity of Kandahar], Prov. Kandahar, Afghanistan ” .