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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesEremias multiocellata kozlowi BEDRIAGA 1907
Eremias multiocellata multiocellata GÜNTHER 1872
Eremias multiocellata tsaganbogdensis MUNKHABAYAR & BORKIN 2010 
Common NamesE: Multi-ocellated Racerunner
Russian: Глазчатая ящурка
Chinese: 密点麻蜥 
SynonymEremias multiocellata GÜNTHER 1872: 419
Eremias yarkandensis var. saturata BLANFORD 1875
Podarces multiocellata STRAUCH 1876
Podarces planiceps STRAUCH 1876
Eremias multiocellata var. saturata BOULENGER 1887
Eremias multiocellata var. kozlovi BEDRIAGA 1907
Eremias multiocellata var. reticulata BEDRIAGA 1912
Eremias multiocellata planiceps — WETTSTEIN 1931
Eremias multiocellata multiocellata POPE 1935
Eremias multiocellata bannikowi SZCZERBAK 1973 (fide Orlova et al. 2017)
Eremias multiocellata — LAMBERT 2002
Eremias multiocellata — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eremias (Pareremias) multiocellata — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Eremias multiocellata reticulata — TUNIYEV et al. 2014

Eremias multiocellata kozlowi BEDRIAGA 1907
Eremias multiocellata var. koslowi BEDRIAGA 1907: 183, 578
Eremias multiocellata kozlowi — SZCZERBAK 2003

Eremias multiocellata tsaganbogdensis MUNKHABAYAR & BORKIN 2010
Eremias multiocellata tsaganbogdensis — MAYER 2015
Eremias multiocellata tsaganbogdensis — ORLOVA et al. 2017 
DistributionS Mongolia, NW China (Xinjiang and Qinghai eastward through Nei Mongol [Inner Mongolia] to W Liaoning)
Uzbekistan ?, E/SE Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, SE Russia (Tuva)

bannikowi: W Mongolia and adjacent Russia (Tuva Republic)

multiocellata: remaining Mongolia, adjacent central China.

tsaganbogdensis: S Mongolia; Type locality: Tsagaan Bogd Uul Mountain, Bayanhongor Aymak, southern Mongolia. Holotype: ZISP.19956.1, Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

Type locality: Gobi Desert, Mongolia  
Reproductionovovivparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023. 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.69/71.4.16.32
Holotype: ZISP.19956.1 [tsaganbogdensis]
Holotype: NMNH (Zoological Museum named after N.N. Szczerbak National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev) Re 5, Russia, Tuva Republic, Sharasur, 13.07.1968, N.N. Szczerbak [bannikowi]
Lectotype: ZISP 9141, China, Nan Shan, oasis Ssatschshe (Orlova et al., 2017 indicated "Sachzheu envrions [Dunhuang]"), 1894, Coll. P.K. Kozlov and V.I. Roborovsky [kozlowi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1025 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustration: Plate 27 in ZHAO & ADLER 1993.

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

Subspecies: Eremias multiocellata stummeri WETTSTEIN 1940 and Eremias multiocellata szczerbaki are now considered as a valid species.

Distribution: not corrected for removal of stummeri and szczerbaki.

Syntypes: MCZ [saturata] 
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