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Eremias lineolata (NIKOLSKY, 1897)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Racerunner 
SynonymScapteira lineolata NIKOLSKY 1897: 330
Eremias lineolata — NIKOLSKIJ 1896 (?)
Scapteira grum-grzimailoi BEDRIAGA 1907: 31 (240)
Scapteira grum-grzimailoi TSAREVSKY 1918: 84
Rhabderemias lineolata — LANTZ 1928
Eremias (Rhabderemias) lineolata — BISCHOFF 1978
Eremias lineolata — ANDERSON 1999
Eremias lineolata — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eremias lineolata — BAIG & MASROOR 2006
Eremias (Rhabderemias) lineolata — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Eremias lineolata — NASRABADI et al. 2017 
DistributionTurkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, S Kazakhstan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan

Type locality: Khorasan, Iran; “Between Feizabad and Nusi, eastern Iran” fide ANDERSON 1999.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 8801 (designated by Szcerbak, 1974:202) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Subocular bordering mouth; lateral scales of fourth toe in complete row length of toe, forming distinct fringe; single row of subdigital scales, i.e., total of 3 scales counted around fourth toe (except an extra scale may be present at joints);tibial scales more than twice as large as adjacent scales (Anderson 1999: 218, Figs. 100 and 101).


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

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin linea (line), hence lined. 
References
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  • 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
  • Bedriaga, JACQUES VON 1907. Neue Saurier aus Russisch-Asien. Annu. Mus. Zool. Acad. Impér. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, 10 [1905]: 210-243 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1978. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202 - get paper here
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