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Eremias cholistanica BAIG & MASROOR, 2006

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEremias cholistanica BAIG & MASROOR 2006
Eremias cholistanica — MASROOR et al. 2020
Eremias cholistanica — KHAN et al. 2020 
DistributionPakistan

Type locality: Baghdad-i-Jadeed Campus, Islamia University Bahwalpur, Pujab province, Pakistan (29° 22’ 43’’ N, 71° 46’ 10’’ E), elevation 93 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: PMNH 1685 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsals 51 – 63; ventrals in 13 – 15 oblique longitudinal series; subocular touching mouth; frontal and supraciliaries separated from supraoculars by row(s) of granules; nasals three, lower in contact with three anterior supralabials; occipital absent; height of the first transverse row of pectoral scales is more than its breadth but not longer than the succeeding rows; 14 – 18 femoral pores on each side, separated by 2 – 4 scales; toes fringed, encircled by 3 scales and with 23 – 29 double series of unicarinate scales underneath; dorsum with 6 or 7 black longitudinal stripes without any sign of vermiculation. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Baig, Khalid Javed and Rafaqat Masroor 2006. A New Species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 13 (3): 167-174
  • Baig, KJ, Masroor, R., and Arshad, M. 2008. Biodiversity and ecology of the herpetofauna of Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (3): 193-205 - get paper here
  • Khan, M. A., Jablonski, D., Nadeem, M. S., Masroor, R., Kehlmaier, C., Spitzweg, C., & Fritz, U. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Eremias spp. from Pakistan contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of racerunners. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 (2): 466-483 - get paper here
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • MASROOR, RAFAQAT; MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN & DANIEL JABLONSKI 2020. A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan. Zootaxa 4786 (1): 101–121 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
 
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