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Eremias montana RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 2001

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mountain racerunner 
SynonymEremias (Eremias) montanus RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2001
Eremias novo RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2006
Eremias (Eremias) montana — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Eremias montanus — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Eremias nova — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Eremias montanus — MOZAFFARI et al. 2016 
DistributionW Iran (Kermanshah Province)

Type locality: upland regions of the Zagros mountains, 60 km NE of city of Kermanshah (47° 5’ E, 34° 52’ N), Kermanshah Province, W Iran, about 1800 m elevation

novo: Iran (Zagros Mountains); Type locality: upland area (about 2700 m elevation)surrounded by the Zagros Mountains, about 21 km southwest of the city of Hamedan, Hamedan Province, western Iran.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RUZM (Razi University Zoological Museum, fide Nasrullah Rastegar, pers. comm., 12 June 2019), only a field number is given in the original description: P198.
Type: RUZM 96T-104T (not explicitely called holotype) (Razi University Zoological Museum) [novo] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis and comparison: A small-sized lacertid, maximum snout-vent length (SVL)= 57.2mm, tail length = 95mm, with 13-14 longitudinal and 27-28 transverse rows of ventral plates, slightly converging posteriorly; with 63-67 small, granular scales across middle of dorsum. A species belonging to the subgenus Eremias: subocular reaches mouth edge; one frontonasal; two supraoculars which are not completely separated from frontal and frontoparietals; distance between the femoral pores being narrow; color pattern "striped"; inhabitant of steppe and mountain-steppe landscapes (Szczerbak, 1974: 83). On the other hand, it differs from all other species of its relevant subgenus based on having several distinguishing characters; the color pattern is distinctive and it is distinguishable from all other species in this character i. e., dorsum uniformly dark-brown without spots and ocelli, interrupted by five light longitudinal stripes; the vertebral stripe bifurcating on the nape, two paravertebrals on each side; a broad dorso-lateral stripe containing one or two regularly arranged light spots (different from the other Eremias species in this character); Furthermore, it differs from each species of the typical subgenus in the following character combinations (Bischoff and Bohme, 1980; Bohme and Szczerbak, 1991; Rastegar-Pouyani and Nilson, 1997; Szczerbak, 1974): From Eremias nigrolateralis Rastegar-Pouyani and Nilson, 1997 in having a much smaller size, lack of separation of the third pair of submaxillary shields by granular scales (0% versus 100%), lower count of gulars (23-24 versus 41-42), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 0%), reach of femoral pores to the knee (100% versus 0%), and distinct differences in color pattern. From Eremias persica Blanford, 1874 in having a smaller size, lower count of gulars (23-24 versus 28-38), the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales (100% versus 75%), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 4%) and distinct differences in color pattern. From E. velox (Pallas, 1771) in having a smaller size, in the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales (100% versus 0%), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 5%) and in color pattern. From E. strauchi Kessler, 1878 in having a smaller size, the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales (100% versus almost 0%), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 9%) and in color pattern. From E. lalezharica Moravec, 1994 in having variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 0%), higher count of dorsals (63-68 versus 54-59), no contact of gulars with the second pair of submaxillary shields, lack of a small scale between prefrontals, and distinct differences in color pattern. From E. afghanistanica Bohme and Szczerbak, 1991 in a much higher count of dorsal scales (63-68 versus 44-46), lower count of gulars (23-24 versus 25-28), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 0%), and in color pattern. From E. nikolskii Bedriaga, 1905 in a higher count of dorsals (63-68 versus 45-59), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 8%), and in color pattern. From E. regeli Bedriaga, 1905 in a higher count of dorsals (63-68 versus 43-61), higher number of scales in the 9th-10th caudal annulus (27-28 versus 17-25), the absence of distinctly keeled upper caudal scales (100% versus 0%), variable number of submaxillary shields (33% versus 3%), and in color pattern. (RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2001)


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CommentDistribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after its apparent restriction to the the upland and mountainous steppes of the NE Kermanshah province, Iran. 
References
  • Bahmani, Zahed; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, and Ahmad Gharzi 2011. A new record of Eremias montanus, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2001 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Kudistan Privince, Western Iran. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 5 (1): 11-14. - 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
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
  • Mozaffari, Omid; Kamran Kamali and Hadi Fahimi 2016. The Atlas of Reptiles of Iran. Iran Department of the Environment, 362 pp. [2014]
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - get paper here
  • RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR; SAEED HOSSEINIAN, SOOLMAZ RAFIEE, HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABIZADEH, MICHAEL WINK 2016. A new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Central Iran, supported by mtDNA sequences and morphology. Zootaxa 4132 (2): 207–220 - get paper here
  • Rastegar-Pouyani, N., and E. Rastegar-Pouyani 2006. A new form of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Alvand Mountains, Hamedan Province, western Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 1(1): 14-20
  • Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah and Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani 2001. A new species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from highlands of Kermanshah Province, western Iran. Asiatic Herpetological Research. 9: 107-112. - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
 
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