Eremias velox

Eremias velox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Eremias
Species: Eremias velox
Subspecies (4): E. v. borkini – E. v. caucasia – E. v. roborowskii – E. v. velox

Name

• Eremias velox (Pallas, 1771)

Neotype: ZISP-ZIL 16233. [designated by Szczerbak (1974: 84)]

Type locality: “Inderskiensem lacum”.

Combinations

• Lacerta velox Pallas, 1771: 406, 457 [original combination]
• Podarcis velox — Ménétries, 1832: 62 [subsequent combination]
• Eremias velox — Wiegmann, 1834 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1771. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Erster Theil. Pp. [1–12], 1–504, Tab. I–XI [= 1–11], Tab. A–L. St. Petersburg. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften. (Online) Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eremias velox. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Central Asian Racerunner