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Eremias intermedia (STRAUCH, 1876)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Aralo-Caspian racerunner 
SynonymPodarces (Eremias) intermedia STRAUCH 1876: 28
Eremias intermedius — BOGDANOV 1882
Eremias transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1905: 482
Scapteira transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1905
Eremias intermedia —  ZUGMAYER 1909: 484
Eremias intermedia var. oxyrrhina BEDRIAGA 1912
Eremias intermedia transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1915
Ommateremias intermedia — LANTZ 1928
Eremias (Ommateremias) intermedia — BISCHOFF 1978
Eremias intermedia — ANDERSON 1999
Eremias intermedia — SZCZERBAK 2003
Eremias intermedia — ŠMÍD et al. 2014 
DistributionKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, SW Tajikistan, NE Iran, Kyrgyzstan

Type locality: “in deserto aralo-caspico”, Transcaspia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 3664 (designated by Shcherbak 1974); Paralectotype: ZMB 8753 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Three nasals, lower in contact with 2 or 3 supralabials; subocular not bordering mouth; fourth toe without distinct fringe, with single row of subdigital scales; space separating series of femoral pores at least one-third length of each; tympanic shield usually distinct; fourth supraocular usually distinct (Anderson 1999: 216).


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

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
References
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  • Cherlin, V. A. C 2019. Thermobiological mechanism of spatially temporal division of activity of medium, Eremias intermedia, and lineature, E. lineolata, labels (Reptilia, Lacertidae) in Kyzylkum. PROCEEDINGS OF THE VII CONGRESS OF THE NIKOLSKY HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY, in "University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences” 1: 162-174 - get paper here
  • Chirikova M.A. 2007. Variability in the pholidosis of the head, preanal area and limbs in four species of the genus EREMIAS (REPTILIA, LACERTIDAE) in Kazakhstan and the surrounding region. [in Russian] Vestnik Kaz. Al-Farabi. Biology Series. Almaty 2 (32): 113-121
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