Eremias arguta

Eremias arguta

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 arguta
Subspecies (5): E. a. arguta – E. a. darevskii – E. a. deserti – E. a. transcaucasica – E. a. uzbekistanica

Name

• Eremias arguta (Pallas, 1773)

Neotype: ZISP-ZIL 13205. [designated by Szczerbak (1974: 149)]

Type locality: “circa M. Cafpium”.

Combinations

• Lacerta arguta Pallas, 1773: 718 [original combination]
• Eremias arguta — Gray, 1845 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Zweyter Theil. Zweytes Buch vom Jahr 1771. St. Petersburg: Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Pp. 371–744 + pls 9–10, 12–14 + A–H, J–T, T*, U, W–Z. (Online). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Orlova, V.F. & Chirikova, M.A. 2014. The mitochondrial phylogeography and intraspecific taxonomy of the steppe racerunner, Eremias arguta (Pallas) (Lacertidae: Sauria, Reptilia), reflects biogeographic patterns in Middle Asia. Zootaxa 3895(2): 208–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eremias arguta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Steppe-Runner