Eremias pleskei, commonly known as Pleske's racerunner or the trans-Caucasian racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Armenian plateau in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Eremias |
| Species: | E. pleskei
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| Eremias pleskei Nikolsky, 1905
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Etymology
editThe specific name, pleskei, is in honor of Russian zoologist Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske (1858–1932).[2]
Habitat
editThe natural habitat of E. pleskei is desert at altitudes of 500–1,700 m (1,600–5,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tuniyev B; Ananjeva NB; Agasyan A; Orlov NL [in French] & Tuniyev S (2017) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Eremias pleskei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164583A114550294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164583A5910262.en.
- ^ 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 pleskei, p. 208).
- ^ Species Eremias pleskei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Nikolsky AM (1905). "Herpetologia rossica". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 17 (1): 1–518. (Eremias pleskei, new species, p. 481).
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