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Eremias in general

Ananjeva, N.B. 1971. [Summer diurnal activity cycles of desert lizard (Eremias, Sauria) from the southern Balkash area]. (In Russian, English summary). Zbirn. Prats. Zool. Mus. 34: 88-93.

Ananjeva, N.B. 1977. [Morphometrical analysis of limb proportions of five sympatric species of desert lizards (Sauria, Eremias) in the southern Balkhash Lake Region]. (In Russian). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta (Leningrad) 74: 3-13.

Ananjeva, N.B. 1977. Morphometrical analysis of limb proportions of five sympatric species of desert lizards (Sauria, Eremias) in the southern Balkhash Lake Region. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta (Leningrad) 74: 3-13.

Bader, T.; Kopeczky, R.; Riegler, C.; Wieland, F. 2016. Die Eidechsen Armeniens – Teil 2: Die Gattungen Lacerta, Ophisops, Parvilacerta und Eremias. Die Eidechse 27(2): 33-46.

Barabanov, A.V. 2009. [Aspidorhinus Eichwald, 1841 as a valid subgeneric name for Eremias velox species group (Sauria, Lacertidae)]. (In Russian). Sovremennaya Gerpetologiya 9(1-2): 59-61.

Bischoff, W. 1978. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra 14(4): 178-202.

Bischoff, W. 1991. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 2. Die Gattungen Eremias, Gallotia, Gastropholis, Heliobolus, Holaspis und Ichnotropis. Die Eidechse 2(2): 14-21.

Bischoff, W. 1993. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 1. Nachtrag. Die Eidechse 4(9): 15-16.

Bischoff, W. 2003. Die Eidechsenfauna Georgiens. Teil I. Allgemeine Bemerkungen, sowie die Gattungen Eremias, Ophisops und Lacerta. Die Eidechse 14(2): 44-60.

Bischoff, W.; Schmidtler, J.F. 2013. Nikolai Michailowitsch Przewalski und "sein" Wüstenrenner Eremias przewalskii (Strauch, 1876). Die Eidechse 24(3): 90-95.

Böhme, W. (ed.) 1981. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Borkin, L.Y. 1986. [On the relationships of lizards of the genus Eremias (Lacertidae) from Gobi Desert, Mongolia]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 157: 185-192.

Boulenger, G.A. 1918. A synopsis of the lizards of the genus Eremias. Journal Zool. Res. London 3: 1-12.

Dai, X.; Chen, B.; Zhang, Z.W.; Wang, Y. 2006. [The morphological research of eight species of Eremias distributed in China (Lacertidae, Eremias)]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 697-708.

Dai, X.; Wang, Y.; Zeng, X.M. 2001. [Brief review on taxonomy history of Eremias in China]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 20(3): 135-138.

Dely, O.G. 1979. Analyse der morphologischen Eigentümlichkeiten drei mongolischer Eremias-Arten. Vertebrata Hungarica 19: 3-84.

Guo, X.G.; Chen, D.L.; Wang, H.; Wang, Y. 2010. [Review of systematics on the racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias)]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 29(4): 665-672.

Guo, X.G.; Dai, X.; Chen, D.L.; Papenfuss, T.J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Melnikov, D.A.; Wang, Y. 2011. Phylogeny and divergence times of some racerunner lizards (Lacertidae: Eremias) inferred from mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene segments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 400-412.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 30. Determination of the gender to be attributed to the names of fifty-seven genera of fishes, cyclostomes, reptiles and amphibia placed on the "Official List of Generic Names in Zoology" in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions of the International Committee on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 287-298.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Direction 52. Determination of the gender to be attributed to the generic names Cryptobranchus Leuckart, 1821 (Class Amphibia) and Eremias Wiegmann, 1834 (Class Reptilia) placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by the Ruling given in Opinion 92. Opinions of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12: 309-318.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1985. Opinion 1318. (Opinion correcting the ruling given in Opinion 92). Lacerta velox Pallas, 1771 is the type species of Eremias Wiegmann, 1834 (Reptilia). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(2): 171-172.

Lantz, L.A. 1928. Les Eremias de l'Asie occidentale. 1. Bulletin du Musée de Géorgie (Tbilisi) 4: 1-72.

Lantz, L.A. 1928. Les Eremias de l'Asie occidentale. 2. Bulletin du Musée de Géorgie (Tbilisi) 5: 1-64.

Liesack, H. 1984. Wüstenrenner aus Transkaukasien. Elaphe 1984(1): 2-4.

Liu, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Chirikova, M.A.; Milto, K.D.; Guo, X.G. 2014. Molecular assessment and taxonomic status of the Rapid Racerunner (Eremias velox complex) with particular attention to the populations in northwestern China. Asian Herpetological Research 5(1): 12-25.

Mayer, W.; Richter, K. 1990. Die Wüstenrenner-Eidechsen Namibias-Vorkommen, Pflege und Zucht. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 12(66): 21-30.

Melville, R.V. 1981. Eremias Wiegmann, 1834 (Reptilia Lacertilia): proposed designation of a type species by use of the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(4): 283-284.

Mishagina, J.V. 1992. [Food connections of lizard of Haloxylon aphylum (East Kopetdag, Repetek)]. (In Russian, English summary). Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn' 6: 46-62.

Mishagina, J.V. 2008. Ecological groups of preys in Eastern Kara Kum psammobiont lizards, Eremias (Lacertidae) and Phrynocephalus (Agamidae). pp. 298-307. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Orlova, V.F. 2008. Taxonomical diversity of the Eremias lizards: history and recent state of problem. pp. 328-336. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattung und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, tropidonotus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869(May): 432-445.

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874(June): 368-377.

Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2009. The phylogeny of the Eremias velox complex of the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia (Reptilia, Lacertidae): molecular evidence from ISSR-PCR fingerprints. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 5(1): 33-46.

Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Noureini, S.K.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Joger, U.; Wink, M. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and intraspecific differentiation of the Eremias velox complex of the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia (Sauria, Lacertidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 50(3): 220-229.

Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Noureini, S.K.; Joger, U.; Wink, M. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the Eremias persica complex of the Iranian plateau (Reptilia: Lacertidae), based on mtDNA sequences. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(3): 641-660.

Stiles, C.W. 1924. Nomina conservanda. Science (New York) 60: 384-385.

Strauch, A. 1868. Bemerkungen über die Eidechsen-Gattung Scapteira (Fitz.). Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. 12: 313-328.

Suhr, E. 1972. Terrarienbeobachtungen an Agama und Eremias. Aquarien Terrarien Monatschrift für Ornithologie und Vivarienkunde 19(11): 388.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1971. Methods for studying the reptile relation to temperature on the materials of investigation of the response to temperature gradient in representatives of the genus Eremias (Sauria, Reptilia) of the USSR fauna. Zbirn. Prats. Zool. Mus. 34: 76-88.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1971. Taxonomy of the genus Eremias (Sauria, Reptilia) in connection with the focusses on the desert-steppe fauna development in Paleoarctic. Vestnik Zoologii 2: 48-55.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1973. [Variability of taxonomic characters and phylogenetic ratios of Palearctic lizards from the genus Eremias (Sauria, Reptilia)]. (In Ukrainian, English summary). Zbirnyk Prats Zool. Mus., Kiïv 35: 60-65.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1974. [Lizards (Eremias) of the Palaearctic regon]. (In Russian). Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 296 pp.

Truweller, K.A.; Makarov, A.N.; Orlova, V.F. 1994. Method of the simplified evaluation of genetic differentiation of the Asian Eremias lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 1(2): 133-142.

Vashetko, E.V.; Kamalova, Z.Y.; Yadgarov, T. 1974. [Systematic review of vertebrates. Reptilia.] pp. 60-84. (In Russian). In: Sultanov, G.S. (Ed.) (Vertebrates of the Fergana Valley). Fan, Tashkent. 217 pp.

Wan, L.; Sun, S.; Jin, Y.; Yan, Y.; Liu, N. 2007. Molecular phylogeography of the Chinese lacertids of the genus Eremias (Lacertidae) based on 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia 28(1): 33-41.

Eremias acutirostris

Anderson, S.C. 1978. Geographic distribution: Eremias acutirostris. Iran: Sistan Province. Herpetological Review 9(1): 22.

Sharma, R.C.; Singh, C. 1976. Records of some little known reptiles from Afghanistan. Newsletter of the Zoological Survey of India 2(2): 70-74.

Yousefkhani, S.S.H.; Oraei, H.; Khosravani, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2012. Habitat associations and conservation of Eremias acutirostris (Boulenger, 1887) in the Sistan region, Zabol, Iran. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 6(2): 31-34.

Eremias afghanistanica

Böhme, W.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1991. Ein neuer Wüstenrenner aus dem Hochland Afghanistans, Eremias (Eremias) afghanistanica sp. n. (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 42(2): 137-41.

Böhme, W.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1991. Ein neuer Wüstenrenner aus dem Hochland Afghanistans, Eremias (Eremias) afghanistanica sp.n. (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae). Die Eidechse 2(4): 26-28.

Eremias andersoni

Darevsky, I.S.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1978. Eremias andersoni, a new lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from Iran. Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 13-15.

Eremias argus

Anonymous. 2015. [Sexual dimorphism and reproductive output of Eremias argus from Ordos]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 50(2): 214-220.

Chen, S. 1994. [Eremias argus - its construction of species group and regeneration of tail severed by self-amputation]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 13(4): 173-174.

Chen, X.; Wang, J.; Gong, D. 1997. [Diet of three species of lizard in the spring in Lanzhou]. (In Chinese, English summary). Chinese Journal of Zoology 32(5): 13-18.

Dely, O.G. 1981. Bemerkungen zur Morphologie koreanischer Eremias argus W. Peters Exemplare. Vertebrata Hungarica 20: 55-64.

Gagina, T.N.; Skalon, N.V. 1981. [On the biology of Eremias argus in Zabajkal]. pp. 34. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Guo, Z.G.; Xu, X.F. 2008. [Reproduction and hatchling traits of female Eremias argus in Chuzhou, Anhui province]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 43(2): 123-126.

Hao, Q.L.; Liu, H.X.; Ji, X. 2006. Phenotypic variation in hatchling Mongolian racerunners Eremias argus from eggs incubated at constant versus fluctuating temperatures. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52(6): 1049-1057.

Heimes, P. 1996. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Pekings. 1. Amphibien und Echsen. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(104): 28-34.

Hu, M. & al. 1986. [A preliminary study on Eremias argus Peters]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 21(3): 8-11.

Jiang, Y. 1987. [Observation on the defensive behavior of Eremias argus in Liaoning Province]. (In Chinese). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(2): 72-73.

Jiang, Y. 1990. [Breeding habit of Eremias argus]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9(4): 16-18.

Jiang, Y. 1990. [Hibernation habits of Eremias argus]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9(1): 38.

Jiang, Y.f. 1988. [A study on the population structure of Fremias[Eremias] argus in autumn]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 23(6): 6-8.

Kim, B.N.; Kim, J.K.; Park, D. 2012. Mating behavior of the Mongolian racerunner (Eremias argus; Lacertidae, Reptilia). Animal Cells and Systems 16(4): 337-342.

Kim, I.H.; Ra, N.Y.; Park, D. 2012. Habitat use, home range, and hibernaculum of the Mongolian Racerunner, Eremias argus (Lacertidae, Reptilia) in a coastal sand dune in South Korea. Asian Herpetological Research 3(2): 133-140.

Kim, J.K.; Song, J.Y.; Lee, J.H.; Park, D. 2010. Physical characteristics and age structure of Mongolian racerunner (Eremias argus; Larcertidae; Reptilia). Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 33(4): 325-331.

Li, C. 2010. [Herpetological survey of Dauria International Protected Area in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 29(4): 646-648.

Li, H.; Wang, Z.; Mei, W.; Ji, X. 2009. Temperature acclimation affects thermal preference and tolerance in three Eremias lizards (Lacertidae). Current Zoology 55(4): 258-265.

Li, S.R.; Wang, Y.; Ma, L.; Zeng, Z.G.; Bi, J.H.; Du, W.G. 2017. Thermal ecology of three coexistent desert lizards: Implications for habitat divergence and thermal vulnerability. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 187(7): 1009-1018

Luo, L.G.; Qu, Y.F.; Ji, X. 2006. Thermal dependence of food assimilation and sprint speed in a lacertid lizard Eremias argus from northern China. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52(2): 256-262.

Ma, L.; Zhao, Y.Z.; Gao, Y.; Cai, T.L.; Wang, N.; Sui, J.L.; Wu, J.G.; Jiang, W.J. 2012. [Survey of amphibians and reptiles resources in Songshan Nature Reserve, Beijing]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 31(2): 307-310.

Qu, Y.F.; Zhao, Q.; Lu, H.; Ji, X. 2014. Population dynamics following the last glacial maximum in two sympatric lizards in northern China. Asian Herpetological Research 5(4): 213-227.

Schepina, N.A. 2008. Current state of batracho- and herpetofauna of Buryat. pp. 447-452. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Schlüter, U. 2005. Der Mongolische Wüstenrenner, Eremias argus Peters, 1869. Draco 6(1) (21): 82-85.

Sun, B.; Li, S.R.; Xu, X.F.; Zhao, W.G.; Luo, L.G.; Ji, X.; Du, W.G. 2013. Different mechanisms lead to convergence of reproductive strategies in two lacertid lizards (Takydromus wolteri and Eremias argus). Oecologia (Berlin) 172(3): 645-652.

Sun, B.; Wang, T.T.; Pike, D.A.; Liang, L.; Du, W.G. 2014. Embryonic oxygen enhances learning ability in hatchling lizards. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 21.

Sun, Y.Y.; Du, Y.; Yang, J.; Fu, T.B.; Lin, C.X.; Ji, X. 2012. Is the evolution of viviparity accompanied by a relative increase in maternal abdomen size in lizards. Evolutionary Biology (New York) 39(3): 388-399.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1981. [On distribution and ecology of some reptiles of southern eastern Siberia. pp. 125-128]. (In Russian). In: Borkin, L.Ya. (ed.). Herpetological investigations in Siberia and the Far East. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad. 147 pp.

Szyndlar, Z. 1991. Distributional records for turtles and lizards from North Korea. Herpetological Review 22(1): 27.

Wang, Z.; Xia, Y.; Ji, X. 2009. Follicle ablation increases offspring size in a lizard with a low clutch frequency. Amphibia-Reptilia 30(3): 361-366.

Wang, Z.; Xia, Y.; Ji, X. 2011. Clutch frequency affects the offspring size-number trade-off in lizards. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16585, 1-5.

Wever, E.G. 1968. The lacertid ear: Eremias argus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 61: 1292-1299.

Wu, Y.; Xu, X.F. 2009. [Eggs and hatchling characteristics of two species of lizards (Lacertidae, Eremias)]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 28(6): 905.

Zhao, Q.; Liu, H.X.; Luo, L.G.; Ji, X. 2011. Comparative population genetics and phylogeography of two lacertid lizards (Eremias argus and E. brenchleyi) from China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(3): 478-491.

Zhao, Q.; Wang, Z.; Liu, L.L.; Zhao, W.G.; Ji, X. 2008. [Selected body temperature, surface activity and food intake in tailed versus tailless Mongolian racerunners Eremias argus from three populations]. (In Chinese). Acta Zoologica Sinica 54(1): 60-66.

Zou, S.C.; & al. 2002. [Comparative study on ecology of two common species of Eremias]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 21(4): 239-241.

Eremias arguta

Ahrens, L. 1928. Sur la limite septentrionale de la distribution geographique du lezard versicolore (Eremias arguta Pall.) dans l'Europe orientale. C. R. Acad. Sci. Russ. Leningrad 1928: 289-290.

Anikin, V.V.; Berezutsky, M.A.; Zavialov, E.V.; Kireyev, E.A.; Mosolova, E.Y.; Tabachishin, V.G.; Yakushev, N.N. 2009. [Saratov region 2008 Red Book materials. Report I. new data of protected species]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 11(1) (27): 133-139.

Ataev, C.A. 1988. [On Eremias arguta Pallas discovering in south west Turkmenistan]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1988(1): 66-67.

Avetisvan, R.M.; Chirikova, M.A.; Skakun, V.A. 2004. [About Perca schrenki eating Eremias arguta]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2003: 215.

Brushko, Z.K.; Kubykin, R.A. 1988. [On the biology of Eremias arguta potanini in Kazakhstan]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1988(3): 31-35.

Chernov, S. 1934. Über die Unterarten und die Verbreitung von Eremias arguta (Pall.). C. R. Acad. Sci. U.R.S.S. N.S. (Leningrad) 3(8-9): 660.

Chernov, S.A. 1926. Über Eremias arguta occidentalis. Zoologischer Anzeiger 65: 226-227.

Chirikova, M.A.; Kolbintsev, V.G. 2003. Morphologie und Unterartgliederung des Steppenrenners, Eremias arguta (Pallas, 1773), in Kasachstan. Salamandra 39(1): 49-60.

Eplanova, G.V. 2008. Seasonal activity of lacertid lizards in Samara Province. pp. 127-129. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Fuhn, I.E.; Vancea, S. 1961. Eidonomische und ökologische Untersuchungen an Eremias arguta deserti (Gmelin) aus Rumänien. Vestn. Ceskosl. Zool. Spolec. 25: 5-11.

Ganya, I.M.; Tofan, V.E. 1981. [Squamata. Family Lacertidae]. pp. 194-201. (In Russian). In: Ganya, I.M. (ed.). [Animal world of Moldavia. Fishes, amphibians and reptiles]. Shtiintsa, Kishinev. 222 pp.

Gelashvili, D.B.; Nizhegorodcev, A.A.; Eplanova, G.V.; Tabachishin, V.G. 2007. [Fluctuating asymmetry of bilateral traits of Eremias arguta population's characteristic]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 9(4)(22): 941-949.

Gherghel, I.; Strugariu, A.; Glavan, T. 2007. Eremias arguta deserti (Reptilia: Lacertidae) is not extinct from Romanian Moldavia. North-Western Journal of Zoology 3(2): 115-120.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1985. Opinion 1318. (Opinion correcting the ruling given in Opinion 92). Lacerta velox Pallas, 1771 is the type species of Eremias Wiegmann, 1834 (Reptilia). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(2): 171-172.

Jeremchenko, V.K.; Chirikova, M.A. 2009. [Inter [intra]-species predation of reptiles and the first fact of cannibalism of Eremias arguta in Kyrgyzstan]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2008: 253-254.

Khonyakina, Z.P. 1981. [Distribution and feeding of Eremias arguta deserti in Dagestan]. pp. 142-143. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Kotenko, T. 1986. Eremias arguta deserti (Reptilia: Sauria) in the Ukraine. pp. 479-482. In: Rocek, Z. (ed.). Studies in herpetology. Proceedings of the European Herpetological Meeting (3rd Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica) Prague 1985. Charles University, Prague. 754 pp.

Kotenko, T.; Vekhnik, V. 1993. [On the finding of the stepperunner lizard Eremias arguta in the region of Zhiguli]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1: 42.

Kotenko, T.I. 1981. [Eremias arguta deserti (Gmelin, 1788) in the Ukraine]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1981(5): 47-52.

Kotenko, T.I. 1981. [Eremias arguta deserti (Reptilia, Sauria) in the Ukraine. Communication 1]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1981(4): 15-21.

Kotenko, T.I. 1981. [Material on the ecology of Eremias arguta deserti in the south of Ukraine]. pp. 29-32. (In Russian). In: Dolin, V.G.; Kotenko, A.G. & Pilipchuk, O.Ya. (eds.). [Ecological and morphological features of animals and their environment. Collected scientific articles.] Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 158 pp.

Kotenko, T.I. 1981. [On the study of postembryonic growth in Eremias arguta deserti Gm]. pp. 25-28. (In Russian). In: Dolin, V.G.; Kotenko, A.G. & Pilipchuk, O.Ya. (eds.). [Ecological and morphological features of animals and their environment. Collected scientific articles.] Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 158 pp.

Kotenko, T.I. 1984. [The influence of anthropogenic factors on the distribution and numbers of Eremias arguta deserti]. p. 21. (In Russian). In: Ishchenko, V.G. (ed.). [The species and its productivity within its distribution range. Part 5. Questions of herpetology. Material from the 4th All-Union Symposium 3-7 April 1984]. Urals Scientific Centre, Academy of Sciences USSR, Sverdlovsk. 54 pp.

Kotenko, T.I. 1986. [Eremias arguta deserti in the Ukraine. Communication 3. Relation to the environment temperature]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1986(4): 45-52.

Kotenko, T.I. 1988. [On northern range limit of Eremias arguta in the Ukraine]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1988(6): 67-71.

Kudakina, E.Y. 1981. [On the geographical variation of Eremias arguta in northern Pricaspia]. pp. 75. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Lantz, L.A. 1922. Revision des reptiles decrits dans le "Journal de Voyage" d'Iwan Lepechin. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 47: 191-194.

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Eremias aria

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Eremias brenchleyi

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Eremias buechneri

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Yeremchenko, V.K.; Shurukov, E.F.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1985. [Eremias buechneri (Reptilia, Sauria) - a new species for the USSR fauna]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1985(4): 79-80.

Eremias cholistanica

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Eremias dzungarica

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Eremias grammica

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Kulik, I.L. 1971. A study of home ranges of desert lizards. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 50: 300-302.

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Eremias intermedia

Eremias isfahanica

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Eremias kavirensis

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Eremias kopetdaghica

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Szczerbak, N.N. 1972. New subspecies of Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica ssp. n. (Sauria, Reptilia) from Turkmenia. Vestnik Zoologii 1972(2): 83-86.

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Eremias lalezharica

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Eremias lineolata

Eremias montana

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Eremias multiocellata

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Dujsebayeva, T.N.; Chirikova, M.A.; Belyalov, O.V. 2009. New finds of the racerunner of Eremias multiocellata complex in Kazakhstan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 51-56.

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Li, H.; Wang, Z.; Mei, W.; Ji, X. 2009. Temperature acclimation affects thermal preference and tolerance in three Eremias lizards (Lacertidae). Current Zoology 55(4): 258-265.

Li, R.; Liu, N. 1992. [The influence of environmental temperatures on body temperatures of Phrynocephalus przewalskii and Eremias multiocellata and their selections of environmental temperatures]. (In Chinese, English summary). Zoological Research 13(1): 47-52.

Li, R.D.; Chen, Q.; Liu, N. 1998. Effects of body temperature on electrocardiograms of lizard Eremias multiocellata. Zoological Research 19(4): 269-276.

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Liu, N.; Li, R. 1999. [Studies on ecology of desert lizard]. (In Chinese, English summary). Journal of Lanzhou University Natural Sciences 35(3)(125): 126-133.

Liu, N.; Li, R.D.; Liang, X.C. 1992. [Community structure of desert lizard in Gansu Province]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zoologica Sinica 38(4): 377-384.

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Munkhbayar, K.; Borkin, L.J. 1990. [On taxonomic position of the multiocellated Racerunner (Eremias multiocellata, Lacertidae) from Gobi Tien-Shan mountains, Mongolia]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 207: 143-174, 234.

Munkhbayar, K.; Borkin, L.J. 2010. [A new subspecies of the lizard Eremias multiocellata tsaganbogdensis subsp. nov. (Lacertidae) from southern Mongolia]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 12(1)(33): 122-124.

Orlova, V.F.; Poyarkov, N.A.; Chirikova, M.A.; Nazarov, R.A.; Munkhbaatar, M.; Munkhbayar, K.; Terbish, K. 2017. MtDNA differentiation and taxonomy of Central Asian racerunners of Eremias multiocellata-E. przewalskii species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zootaxa 4282(1): 1–42.

Prokopov, K.P. 1978. [The occurrence of (Eremias multiocellata) in Zaisansk Bay]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1978(1): 40-41.

Prokopov, K.P. 1999. [A new location of multiocellated Racerunner Eremias multiocellata (Lacertidae, Sauria, Squamata) in Eastern Kazakhstan]. (In Russian, English summary). Selevinia 1996-1997: 229-230.

Rogovin, K.A.; Semenov, D.V.; Shenbrot, G.I. 2001. Lizards of the northern Mongolian deserts: densities and community structure. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9 [2000]: 113-121.

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Eremias nigrocellata

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Eremias nikolskii

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Eremias papenfussi

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Eremias persica

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Eremias pleskei

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Eremias przewalskii

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Eremias roborowskii

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Eremias scripta

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Eremias strauchi

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Eremias stummeri

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Eremias suphani

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Eremias szczerbaki

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Eremias velox

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