Eremias acutirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Eremias
Species: Eremias acutirostris

Name

• Eremias acutirostris (Boulenger, 1887)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.46, juvenile, collected by Dr. Aitchison.

Type locality: “between Nushki and Helmand, Northern Baluchistan”.

Combinations

• Scapteira acutirostris Boulenger, 1887: 114 [original combination]
• Eremias (Scapteira) acutirostris — Lantz, 1928: 41 [subsequent combination]
• Eremias acutirostris — Smith, 1935: 387 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Scapteira aporosceles Alcock & Finn, 1897: 559 [synonymized by Shcherbak (1974)]

Syntypes (25): ZSI 14132, 14134, 14137, 14139–42, 14144–45, 14147–51, 14153, BMNH 1946.8.6.32-33, 1917.3.6.40-43.

Type locality: “west of Robat I”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page. 
• Alcock, A.W. & Finn, F. [1896] 1897. An account of the Reptilia collected by Dr. F.P. Maynard, Captain A.H. McMahon, C.I.E., and the members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Comission of 1896. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65(pt. II, nº 4): 550–566. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eremias acutirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 April 2019.
• Ananjeva, N., Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S. & Sharifi, M. 2010. IUCN: Eremias acutirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164686A5917536. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164686A5917536.en

Vernacular names

English: Point-snouted Racerunner