Eremias

Eremias
Eremias przewalskii, Mongolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Superfamily: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Subfamily: Lacertinae
Genus: Eremias
Fitzinger, 1834[1]

Eremias is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards. They are native to Asia and southeastern Europe, where they live in desert and steppe regions.[2]

Species

Eremias lineolata

The following 35 species are recognized.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mozaffari, O., et al. (2011). Eremias papenfussi sp. nov., a new lacertid lizard (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Tehran Province, Iran. Zootaxa 3114 57-62.
  2. 1 2 Rastegar-Pouyani, N. and E. Rastegar-Pouyani. (2001). A new species of Eremias (Sauria, Lacertidae) from highlands of Kermanshah Province, Western Iran. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9, 107-12.
  3. List of Species: Eremias. The Reptile Database.

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