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Eremias aria ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1967

IUCN Red List - Eremias aria - Least Concern, LC

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEremias aria ANDERSON & LEVITON 1967: 1
Eremias (Ommateremias) aria — BISCHOFF 1978
Eremias aria — BAIG & MASROOR 2006
Eremias aria — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionE Afghanistan

Type locality: 5-10 miles east-northeast of Nimla, along old Kabul-Jalalabad road, approximately 10 miles southwest of Balabagh, Afghanistan [34°19-21’ N., 70°10-15' E.], at an elevation of about 3,500 feet.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 96204, adult male 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Ventrals in 12 to 14 oblique longitudinal series; subocular not bordering mouth; frontal and supraoculars not separated by a complete row of granules; three nasals, the lower in contact with three anterior supralabials; occipital absent; anterior enlarged supraocular longer than its distance from second loreal; first transverse row of pectoral scales twice as long as broad, twice as long as succeeding rows; 17 to 18 femoral pores on each side, the two series separated by a space not exceeding ¼ the length of each; toes with a single series of unicarinate subdigital lamellae. (Anderson & Leviton 1967)


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Comment 
EtymologyApparently named after an ancient region of Persia, now Afghanistan, in which the type locality is located. Anderson & Leviton did not explain the etymology though. 
References
  • Anderson, S.C. & Leviton, A.E. 1967. A new species of Eremias (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Afghanistan. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (64): 1-4 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Bischoff, W. 1978. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
 
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