Eremias suphani Başoğlu and Hellmich, 1968 Suphan Racerunner

Keywords., John Mulder, 2019, Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Mount Ararat and surroundings, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 175) 13 (1), pp. 162-172 : 166

Eremias suphani Başoğlu and Hellmich, 1968 Suphan Racerunner

The Suphan Racerunner has long been seen as a Turkish endemic species. Mulder (1995) found the species in 1988 a few kilometres from the Iranian border, so an occurrence in Iran was predictable. Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2013) proved the occurrence on the Iranian side of the border.

Franzen and Heckes were the first to mention the occurrence of this species within the region under study, viz. near Doğubayazıt in 1999, though previously Clark and Clark had already found them in 1967 but published under the taxon strauchi.

Clark and Clark (1973): two km north of Doğubayazıt, 1967; Franzen and Heckes (1999): near İshak Paşa Sarayı, Doğubayazıt, 1988, 1990.