Somalia and adjacent parts of Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia and Kenya. 

Species:

Pseuderemias striatus  (PETERS, 1874)

Subspecies (2):

Pseuderemias striatus striatus  (PETERS, 1874)

Pseuderemias striatus gardoensis  (ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANÒ, 1965)

Synonyms:

Eremias brenneri var. striatus  PETERS, 1874

Eremias striata   CALABRESI, 1915

Pseuderemias striata  SZCZERBAK, 1975

Pseuderemias striatus   BAUER et al., 1995

Common names:

Peters’ Racerunner (English)
Peters’ Falsche Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

striatus: Syntypes: ZMB 8120, 39143

gardoensis: Paratypes: BMNH 1937.12.5.464-472, 1937.12.5.473-477

Terra Typica:

striatus: Barava [= Baraawe] in S-Somalia.

gardoensis: `Migiurtinia` [Region in the extreme northeast of Somalia].


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Peters, W.C.H. (1874) -  Description of Pseuderemias striata. -  In: “Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)”. - Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1874 (Juni): 368-377.   

 
 
 
 

Pseuderemias striatus: 2  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Pseuderemias striatus gardoensis  © Tomáš Mazuch