Eremias pseudofasciata ORLOVA, RASEGAR-POUYANI, RAJABIZADEH,<br />NABIZADEH, POYARKOV, MELNIKOV &. NAZAROV, 2023
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Eremias pseudofasciata
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Eremias pseudofasciata ORLOVA, RASEGAR-POUYANI, RAJABIZADEH, NABIZADEH, POYARKOV, MELNIKOV &. NAZAROV 2023: 356 |
| Distribution | Iran (Khorasan) Type locality: Iran, Khorasan Province, 20 km SE of Boshruiyeh, 33.760693° N; 57.560714° E; elevation 949 m a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ZMMU R-12982, collected by R. A. Nazarov, D. A. Bondarenko & M. Rajabizadeh, 09 May 2010 (Fig. 11). Paratypes. Eleven specimens including five males (ZMMU R-15632–15633, R-15635, and R-15638–15639) and one female (ZMMU R-15634) with the same locality data as the holotype and four males (ZMMU RAN 4201, 4203, 4204, 4208) and one female (ZMMU RAN 4205) from Iran, Khorasan Province, 15 km NE of Boshruiyeh, 33.972851° N; 57.517912° E; elevation 980 m a.s.l. collected 13 May 2021 by R. A. Nazarov, H. Nabizadeh. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized Eremias, maximum SVL 57 mm, TL more than two times longer than the body (max. 122 mm). Supraocular plates usually in contact with frontal and frontoparietal plates, no full row of small granular and roundish scales in between, but sometimes tiny elongate scales between the supraocular and frontal plates are visible; fifth submaxillary small, 5–6 times smaller than fourth submaxillary, usually in contact with infralabials or separated by one row of granular scales; collar scales not strongly distinct from surrounding gular scales, usually only a few larger than the others. Scales at midbody 44–51; 14–19 well developed femoral pores in row, left and right rows separated by 4–7 scales; series of femoral pores not reaching the knee bend by 2–3 scales. (Orlova et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | Named after its similarity to Eremias fasciata, being a “false fasciata”. |
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