Eremias pleskei

Eremias pleskei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Superfamily: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Subfamily: Lacertinae
Genus: Eremias
Species: E. pleskei
Binomial name
Eremias pleskei
Nikolsky, 1905

Eremias pleskei (commonly known as Pleske's racerunner or the Transcaucasian racerunner) is a species of lizard native to the Armenian Plateau in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey.

Etymology

The specific name, pleskei, is in honor of Russian zoologist Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske (1858–1932).[2]

References

  1. Tuniyev, Boris; Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, and Sako Tuniyev (2009). "Eremias pleskei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias pleskei, p. 208).