West Iran / Kermanshah province and Kurdistan province. 

Species:

Eremias montana  RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 2001

Synonyms:

Eremias montanus  RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 2001

Eremias novo  MOZAFFARI & PARHAM, 2007

Eremias (Aspidorhinus) montanus   BARABANOV, 2009

Eremias (Aspidorhinus) novo   BARABANOV, 2009

Common names:

Kermanshah Racerunner (English)
Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: RUZM (Razi University Zoological Museum, fide Nasrullah Rastegar, pers. comm., 12 June 2019), only a field number is given in the original description: P198.

Terra Typica:

Upland regions of the Zagros mountains, 60 km NE of city of Kermanshah (47° 5’ E, 34° 52’ N), Kermanshah Province, W Iran, about 1800 m elevation.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. (2001) -  A new species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from highlands of Kermanshah Province, western Iran.  -  Asiatic Herpetological Research, 9: 107-112.  

  • Rahbar, A. & Karami, M. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Mohammadi, A. (2011) -  The first report of Mountain Racerunner, Eremias montanus (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in Hamedan Province of Iran. -  Journal of Animal Biology, Damghan, 3 (3): 25-32.  

  • Bahmani, Z. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Gharzi, A. (2011) -  A new record of Eremias montanus, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2001 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Kudistan Privince, Western Iran.  -  Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 5 (1): 11-14.    

 
 

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Eremias montana  © 2004 Ulrich Joger