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Eremias intermedia (STRAUCH, 1876)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Aralo-Caspian racerunner 
SynonymPodarces (Eremias) intermedia STRAUCH 1876: 28
Eremias intermedius — BOGDANOV 1882
Eremias transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1905: 482
Scapteira transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1905
Eremias intermedia —  ZUGMAYER 1909: 484
Eremias intermedia var. oxyrrhina BEDRIAGA 1912
Eremias intermedia transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1915
Ommateremias intermedia — LANTZ 1928
Eremias (Ommateremias) intermedia — BISCHOFF 1978
Eremias intermedia — ANDERSON 1999
Eremias intermedia — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eremias intermedia — ŠMÍD et al. 2014 
DistributionKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, SW Tajikistan, NE Iran, Kyrgyzstan

Type locality: “in deserto aralo-caspico”, Transcaspia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 3664 (designated by Shcherbak 1974); Paralectotype: ZMB 8753 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Three nasals, lower in contact with 2 or 3 supralabials; subocular not bordering mouth; fourth toe without distinct fringe, with single row of subdigital scales; space separating series of femoral pores at least one-third length of each; tympanic shield usually distinct; fourth supraocular usually distinct (Anderson 1999: 216).


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CommentSynonymy mainly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.)

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
References
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