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Eremias grammica (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulate Racerunner
Chinese: 网纹麻蜥 
SynonymLacerta grammica LICHTENSTEIN 1823
Podarcis grammica — WAGLER 1830
Scapteira grammica — WIEGMANN 1834
Scapteira grammica — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 283
Eremias (Scapteira) grammica — LANTZ 1928: 117
Scapteira persica NIKOLSKY 1900
Eremias zarudnyi LANTZ 1928 (nom. nov. pro Scapteira persica)
Eremias grammica — LAMBERT 2002
Eremias grammica — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eremias grammica — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Scapteira grammica — DAVLETBAKOV et al. 2016 
DistributionS Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, NE Iran, N Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan,
NW China (W Xinjiang)

Type locality: Karakumy Desert; Turkestan  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 1095 (designated by Shcherbak 1974), paralectotype: NMW 17244 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Lower nasal resting on 2 or 3 supralabials; subocular not bordering mouth; subdigital lamellae smooth, 20-22 under fourth toe, which has distinct fringe on lateral and medial sides, formed by complete row of sharply pointed scales; ungual lamellae of fingers and toes with prominent, flat lateral expansions; scales of flanks distinctly larger than those of back; broad plates on lower surface of lower leg not twice as broad as adjacent scales (Anderson 1999: 215, Figs. 97 and 98).


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CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.)

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
References
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