Eremias andersoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Eremias
Species:
E. andersoni
Binomial name
Eremias andersoni

Eremias andersoni, also known commonly as Anderson's racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Iran.

Etymology

The specific name, andersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936).[2]

Geographic range

E. andersoni is found in northern Iran, in Kavir National Park.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. andersoni is desert.[1]

Reproduction

E. andersoni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sharifi M, Papenfuss T, Anderson S, Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eremias andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164631A5913571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164631A5913571.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias andersoni, p. 8).
  3. ↑ Species Eremias andersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Darevsky IS, Shcherbak NN (1978). "Eremias andersoni a New Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from Iran". Journal of Herpetology 12 (1): 13–15.
  • Nasrabadi R, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Gharzi A (2017). "A revised key to the lizards of Iran (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertilia)". Zootaxa 4227 (3): 431–443.
  • Nilson G, Andrén C (1981). "Die Herpetofauna des Kavir-Schutzgebietes, Kavir-Wüste, Iran ". Salamandra 17 (3/4): 130–146. (Eremias andersoni, p. 138). (in German).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremchenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.



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