What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Dark-headed Dwarf Racer been recorded?

Eirenis persicus occurrence evidence comes from 24 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1958 to 2004. Most records come from Turkmenistan.

SquamataColubridaeEirenis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

24 records across 4 countries and territories, 1958–2004.

Eirenis persicus · GBIF taxon key 8124270

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19582004

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Dark-headed Dwarf Racer has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dark-headed Dwarf Racer. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Turkmenistan 11
Iran 9
Türkiye 3
Iraq 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.