Eremias intermedia (Strauch, 1876:28)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 495

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Eremias intermedia (Strauch, 1876:28)
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1876 Podarces (Eremias) intermedia Strauch, Part III. Reptiles and amphibians. Pages 1–55, pls. I–VIII In Przewalski, N. Mongoliya i Strana Tangutov. Tryokhletneye puteshestviye v Vostochnoj Nagoruoj Asii [= Mongolia and the Tangut Country. Three-Years of Travel in Eastern High Asia]. Volume 2. Imperial Russian Geographic Society, St. Petersburg, Russia [in Russian; English edition, London 1876, French edition, Paris 1880, German edition, Jena 1887; abridged Russian edition with added notes, Moscow 1946].

LECTOTYPE.— ZISP [former ZIL] 3664, from “Kizil Kum, Aralo-Caspian Desert” [translated from Russian] (designated by Szczerbak 1974).

LOCALITIES.— Ag Chah (SNM 15–19); 20 km S Andkhoy, W of river (CAS 120641–42); 20–50 km S Andkhoy, E of river (CAS 120636–40); 50 km S of Andkhoy (CAS 121062); 25 km SW of Aqcha (CAS 120629–31, CAS 121061); 20 km E of Mazar-i-Sharif (CAS 120621–27, CAS 121059–60); 65–75 km W of Mazar-i-Sharif (CAS 120628); 30 km NW of Sheberghan (CAS 120632–35) [see pl. 8, fig. 5 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Clark (1990) mentioned the species as sympatric with E. grammica and E. lineolata but preferring firm sandy soils and shunning loose sands and dunes. Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) also provide records from northwestern Afghanistan.

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Lacertidae

Genus

Eremias

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