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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:
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| Subgenus Aspidorhinus |
Relevant taxonomic literature:
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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.  × Eremias montanus belonging to the family Lacertidae and is an endemic lizard of Iran. Endemic species because only certain geographical areas there are many values are for academic studies. In this study to find these regions to make a lot of Hamedan province were studied, but observed only in Alvand Mountain in 18 km Hamedan province. The research was performed from early April until late November in 2009; while this species spend hibernation and samples were collected by line transect method. In total 13 samples were collected the 10 specimens were mature and 3 specimens were immature and morphological, ecological and ethological studies were conducted on them. In this study, for the first time this species was detected in Hamedan province, whereas reported only in previous studies of Siah dareh Village in Kermanshah province. 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.  × During field work in western regions of the Iranian Plateau in the Zagros Mountains, a single specimen belonging to the genus and subgenus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 was collected from the highlands of Badr and Parishan (at about 2466 m elevation) in south of the city of Qorveh, Kurdistan Province, western Iran (47°, 47’ E; 35°, 04’ N) in July 2010. This is the first record of occurrence of Eremias (Eremias) montanus from Kurdistan Province.
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