North-East Iran, South Turkmenistan. 

Species:

Eremias kopetdaghica  SZCZERBAK, 1972

Synonyms:

Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica   SZCZERBAK, 1972

Common names:

Kopet Dagh Racerunner (English)
Kopet Dagh Wüstenrenner (German)
Копетдагская ящурка (Russian)

Types:

Holotype - NMNHU (formerly ZIK) No. 4, male;
Paratypes: ZISP (6526, 8784-8786, 12750), NMNHU, Institute of Zoology and Parasitology of Uzbekistan

Terra Typica:

Turkmenistan, Kara-Kalinsky district, environs of Ay-Dere-Tuzly-Tepe village.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Szczerbak, N.N. (1972) -  New subspecies – Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica ssp. nov. (Sauria, Reptilia) from Turkmenia. -  Vestnik zoologii, Journal of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, 1972 (2): 83-85.  

  • Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S.S. & Wink, M. (2015) -  Taxonomic reevaluation of Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler, 1878 and Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica Szczerbak, 1972, based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Zoology in the Middle East, Heidelberg, 61 (2): 118-124.    

 
 
 
 
 

Eremias kopetdaghica  © 2012 Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani