Eremias strauchi

Eremias strauchi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Eremias
Species:	E. strauchi
Binomial name
Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878
Synonyms[2]
Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878 Eremias velox var. persica Boettger, 1886 Eremias velox (part) — Boulenger, 1887 Eremias velox var. strauchi — Bedriaga, 1912 Eremias velox strauchi — Nikolsky, 1913 Eremias strauchi — Engelmann et al., 1993 Eremias (Dimorphea) strauchi — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

Eremias strauchi, commonly known as Strauch's racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Western Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

Etymology

The specific name, strauchi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Strauch.[3]

Geographic range

E. strauchi is found in southern Armenia, southern Azerbaijan, northeastern Iran, and northeastern Turkey.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. strauchi is shrubland, at altitudes of 300–3,500 m (980–11,480 ft).[1]

Longevity and size

Using the skeletochronological method, 18 adults of E. strauchi living in eastern Turkey were studied for longevity and size. The maximum observed longevity was 7 years for males and 5 years for females. The average snout–vent length (SVL) was 61.10 mm (2.406 in) for males and 60.82 mm (2.394 in) for females. [4]

Reproduction

E. strauchi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Aram Agasyan, Boris Tuniyev, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov (2009). "Eremias strauchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164641A5914949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164641A5914949.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Eremias strauchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 April 2019.
3. 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 strauchi, p. 256).
4. Altunişik, Abdullah; Gül, Çiğdem; Özdemir, Nurhayat; Tosunoğlu, Murat (2013). "Age structure and body size of the Strauch's racerunner, Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler, 1878". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37 (5): 539–543. doi:10.3906/zoo-1212-18.

Further reading

• Franzen M, Heckes U (1999). "Eremias suphani Başoğlu & Hellmich, 1968 und Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878 in der östlichen Türkei: Diagnostische Merkmale, Verbreitung und Lebensräume (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Salamandra 35 (4): 255–266. (in German, with an abstract in English).
• Kessler KF (1878). "[Zoological Expedition to Transcaucasian Territory in 1875]". [Transactions of the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists] 8: 1–200. (Eremias strauchi, new species, p. 166). (in Russian).
• Rastegar-Pouyani E, Yousefkhani SSH, Wink M (2015). "Taxonomic reevaluation of Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler, 1878 and Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica Szczerbak, 1972, based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 61 (2): 118–124.
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko 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 Italic). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.