Eremias argus

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Eremias argus
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Eremias
Species:
E. argus
Binomial name
Eremias argus
W. Peters, 1869

Eremias argus(Korean:표범장지뱀,Chinese:丽斑麻蜥,Russian:Монгольская ящурка), also known commonly as the Mongolia racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology[]

The specific name, argus, refers to Argus, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an illusion to the ocelli (eye spots) of this species.[2]

Geographic range[]

E. argus is found in China, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia.[3]

Habitat[]

E. argus is found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, forest, and freshwater wetlands. Similarly, the species has been found at a wide range of altitudes, 50–3,400 m (160–11,150 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

E. argus is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies[]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Orlova, V.; Terbish, K.; Zhao, W.; Guo, X. (2019). "Eremias argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T47755847A47755852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T47755847A47755852.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias argus, p. 11).
  3. ^ a b c Eremias argus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2019.

Further reading[]

  • Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66 + one unnumbered plate. (Eremias argus, new species, pp. 61–62 + plate, figure 3). (in German).
  • Schmidt KP (1925). "New Chinese Amphibians and Reptiles". American Museum Novitates (175): 1–3. (Eremias barbouri, new species, p. 2).
  • Zhao E, (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp.



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