East Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, South-West Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, North Afghanistan, North-West China. 

Species:

Eremias velox  (PALLAS, 1771)

Subspecies (3):

Eremias velox velox  (PALLAS, 1771)

Eremias velox borkini  EREMCHENKO & PANFILOV, 1999

Eremias velox caucasia  LANTZ, 1928

Synonyms:

Lacerta cruenta   PALLAS, 1771

Lacerta velox   PALLAS, 1771

Lacerta deserti   GEORGI, 1800

Scincus cruentatus   DAUDIN, 1802

Lacerta leucosticta   LICHTENSTEIN, 1823

Lacerta argulus   EICHWALD, 1831

Lacerta gracilis   EICHWALD, 1831

Eremias coeruleo-ocellata   DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839

Aspidorhinus gracilis  EICHWALD, 1841

Eremias gracilis  EICHWALD, 1851

Eremias variabilis   DE FILIPPI, 1865

Eremias scripta   ZARUDNY, 1895

Eremias (Aspidorhinus) velox   BARABANOV, 2009

Lacerta tigrina   KUHL, 1820

Lacerta coccinea   MERREM, 1820

Podarcis velox  WAGLER, 1830

Eremias velox  WIEGMANN, 1834

Lacerta vittata   EVERSMANN, 1834

Eremias velox var. roborowskii  BEDRIAGA, 1906

Common names:

Rapid Racerunner (English)
Central Asian Racerunner (English)
Schneller Wüstenrenner (German)
Быстрая ящурка (Russian)

Types:

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

borkini: Holotype: IBKB (= Zoological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan) R 002662, Kyrgyzstan, Tien Shan, southern shore of Issyk-Kul lake, area between the Ak-Terek and Ak-Sai, 6.06.1986, Coll. V.K. Eremchenko, paratypes: as holotype: ZISP

caucasia: Syntypes: FMNH, personal collection of Cyrén

Terra Typica:

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

borkini: Basin of Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan.

caucasia: restricta (MERTENS &WERMUTH 1960) `Jelisawetpol` ( = Giandscha, Ganza) in Azerbayjan.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus


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.  

  • Szczerbak, N.N. (1981) -  Eremias velox (Pallas 1771) - Schneller Wüstenrenner. -  Böhme, W. (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1 Echsen I. 447-460.  

  • Bischoff, W. (2003) -  Die Eidechsenfauna Georgiens. Teil I. Allgemeine Bemerkungen sowie die Gattungen Eremias, Ophisops und Lacerta. -  Die Eidechse, 14 (2): 44 - 60.    

  • 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.     

  • Liu, J. & Guo, X. & Chen, D. & Li, J., & Yue, B. & Zeng, X. (2018) -  Diversification and historical demography of the rapid racerunner (Eremias velox) in relation to geological history and Pleistocene climatic oscillations in arid Central Asia. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130: 244-258.     

 
 
 
 

Eremias velox: 131  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Eremias velox caucasia  © 2013 Torsten Panner