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Eremias pleskei NIKOLSKY, 1905

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pleske's Racerunner 
SynonymEremias pleskei NIKOLSKY 1905: 481
Eremias pleskei BEDRIAGA 1907: 29 (238)
Eremias velox (part.) KESSLER 1878
Eremias fasciata var. pleskei — BEDRIAGA 1905
Rhabderemias pleskei — LANTZ 1928
Eremias (Rhabderemias) pleskei — BISCHOFF 1978
Eremias pleskei — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Eremias pleskei — HILLMANN 2003
Eremias (Rhabderemias) pleskei — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Eremias pleskei — NASRABADI et al. 2017 
DistributionArmenia, Nakhishevan, NE Turkey, NW Iran, Azerbaijan

Type locality: Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan; “Nachitschewan, Erivan, Transcaucasia” fide ANDERSON 1999.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 6724 (designated by Szcerbak, 1974:234) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Lower nasal resting on 2 or 3 supralabials; subocular bordering mouth; lateral scales of fourth toe not forming distinct fringe; series of femoral pores sepa- rated by space at least one-third length of each (Anderson 1999: 224, Figs. 106, 107).

Color pattern: Light brown above, with 7 brown longitudinal lines broader than inter- spaces, vertebral stripe bifurcating on nape, stripe on flank faint; limbs with light ocelli, venter cream; lower surface of tail yellow and sides of body yellowish in life (Anderson 1999: 224).

Variation: “The single Iranian specimen examined (CAS 96263) differs from 2 northern extralimital specimens examined in having 5 rather than 6 supralabials anterior to subocular, and in having fifth chin shield in contact with the infralabials. In 19 specimens from Turkey, fifth chin shield is separated from infralabials, and usually 6 supralabials (rarely 5 or 7) anterior to subocular” (Anderson 1999: 224). 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.).

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after Fedor Dimitrievich Pleske (1858-1932), a zoologist, geographer, and ethnographer. 
References
  • Anderson, Steven C 1999. The lizards of Iran. Contributions to Herpetology Volume 15, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Saint Louis, Missouri: i-vii, 1-442 [review in Copeia 2000 (4): 1144] - get paper here
  • BADER, T. & KOPECZKY, R. & RIEGLER, C. & WIELAND, F. 2016. Die Eidechsen Armeniens – Teil 2: Die Gattungen Lacerta, Ophisops, Parvilacerta und Eremias. Die Eidechse 27 (2): 33-46. - 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
  • Bedriaga, JACQUES VON 1907. Neue Saurier aus Russisch-Asien. Annu. Mus. Zool. Acad. Impér. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, 10 [1905]: 210-243 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1978. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202 - get paper here
  • Clark, R. J., Clark, E. D. and Anderson, S. C. 1966. Report on two small collections of reptiles from Iran. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (55): 1-9 - get paper here
  • Dieckmann, Martin 2008. Portrait: Eremias pleskei - Transkaukasischer Wüstenrenner. Die Eidechse 19 (1): 26-29 - get paper here
  • Engelmann, W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
  • Guo, Xianguang; Xin Daib, Dali Chen, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Daniel A. Melnikov, Yuezhao Wang 2011. Phylogeny and divergence times of some racerunner lizards (Lacertidae: Eremias) inferred from mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene segments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 400–412 - get paper here
  • Hillmann, B. 2003. Herpetologische Eindrücke aus dem Iran. Elaphe 11 (4): 61-71
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
  • Kosswig, C. 1955. Zoogoegraphy in the near east. Systematic Zoology 4 (2): 49-73+96 - get paper here
  • Liesack, H. 1984. Wüstenrenner aus Transkaukasien. Elaphe 1984 (1): 2-4
  • NASRABADI, REZA; NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, AHMAD GHARZI 2017. A revised key to the lizards of Iran (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertilia). Zootaxa 4227 (3): 431–443 - get paper here
  • Nikolsky, A. M. 1905. Herpetologia rossica. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci., Phys.-Math. Classe, St. Pétersbourg, XVII (1): 1-518
  • RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH; HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABZADEH, SOHEILA SHAFIEI AND STEVEN CLEMENT ANDERSON 2008. Annotated Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 4 (1): 7-30
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Alberto Venchi, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Marco A. Bologna 2000. The Reptiles of Anatolia: a Checklist and Zoogeographical analysis. Biogeographia, 21-2000: 441-554. - get paper here
  • ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ; JIŘÍ MORAVEC, PETR KODYM, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI & DANIEL FRYNTA 2014. Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran. Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097 - get paper here
  • Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Eastern Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp. - get paper here
  • Tuniyev B.S., Tuniyev S.B., Avcı A., Ilgaz Ç. 2014. Herpetological studies in Eastern and North-Eastern Turkey. Current Studies in Herpetology 14 (1/2): 44–53. Резюме - get paper here
  • Yildiz, Mehmet Zülfü; Nasit Igci, Bahadir Akman, Bayram Göcmen 2018. Results of a herpetological survey in the Province of Ağrı (East Anatolia, Turkey) (Anura; Testudines; Squamata). Herpetozoa 31 (1/2): 47 - 60 - get paper here
 
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