TABLE 2 in Untangling the Wallacean Shortfall: The herpetofauna of central-eastern Afghanistan including two snake species new for the reptiles list of the country

TABLE 2. An updated list of species of the family Colubridae in Afghanistan
Number SpeciesFirst literature record1Boiga trigonata (Schneider, 1802) ssp. melanocephala (Annandale, 1904)Leviton (1959)2Eirenis aff. persicus (Anderson, 1972)Leviton and Anderson (1970), Wagner et al. (2016)3Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773)Leviton and Anderson (1970)4Hemorrhois ravergieri (Ménétriés, 1832)Boulenger (1889)5Lycodon bicolor Nikolsky, 1903This study6Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1897Alcock and Finn (1897)7Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887Boulenger (1887)8Oligodon russelius (Daudin, 1803) *Král (1969)9Platyceps karelini (Brandt, 1838) ssp. kareliniSclater (1891), Boulenger (1889)10Platyceps mintonorum (Mertens, 1969) **Leviton (1959)11Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan in de Filippi, 1865)Boulenger (1889)12Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834)Jablonski et al. (2022)13Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758) ssp. nigriceps Terenťev and Leviton (1959) Chernov, 194914Spalerosophis diadema (Schlegel, 1837) ssp. schirazianus (Jan in de Filippi, 1865)Boulenger (1889), Lantz (1918)15Spalerosophis arenarius (Boulenger, 1890)This study16Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874)Böhme (1977)
*Formerly considered as Oligodon arnensis (Shaw, 1902) —see Lee et al. (2023) for more details
**Mentioned as Coluber karelini in Leviton (1959) —the species status of Platyceps mintonorum needs further evaluation.