Lower Wolga area, Kalmyken steppes, Eastern Ciscaucasia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, North Iran, North Afghanistan and North-West China 

Subspecies:

Eremias velox velox  (PALLAS, 1771)

Types:

Neotype: ZISP (ZIL) 16233 (designated by Szczerbak 1974: 84)

Terra Typica:

`Inderskija Gory` at the lower Ural river in Kazakhstan.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Pallas, P.S. (1771) -  Description of Eremis velox velox. -  In: “Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches. Vol. 1`. - Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg. 504 pp.  

  • Liu, J. & Ananjeva, N.A. & Chirikova, M.A. & Milto, K.D. & Guo, X. (2014) -  Molecular Assessment and taxonomic status of the Rapid Racerunner (Eremias velox complex) with particular attention to the populations in Northwestern China.  -  Asian Herpetological Research, 5 (1): 12-25.