Scientific synonyms
Coluber dione Pallas, 1773
Elaphe czerskii Nikolsky, 1914
Coluber eremita Eichwald, 1831
Coluber maeoticus Rathke, 1837
Elaphe dione niger Golubeva, 1923
Elaphe dione tenebrosa Sobolevsky, 1929
Coluber trabalis Schlegel, 1837
Zamenis trabalis (Schlegel, 1837)
Other names
= Dione Snake
= Steppes Ratsnake