Eremias aria ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1967

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Higher Taxa	Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Eremias aria ANDERSON & LEVITON 1967: 1 Eremias (Ommateremias) aria — BISCHOFF 1978 Eremias aria — BAIG & MASROOR 2006 Eremias aria — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Distribution	E 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.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 96204, adult male
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Apparently 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
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=53&Species=303 Google images

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