Biology:Eremias nikolskii
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Short description: Species of lizard
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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. nikolskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eremias nikolskii Bedriaga, 1905
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Eremias nikolskii, commonly known as the Kirghiz racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, nikolskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Nikolsky.[1]
Geographic range
E. nikolskii is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.[2]
Behavior
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 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 nikolskii, p. 190).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eremias nikolskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 April 2019.
Further reading
- Bedriaga J (1905). "Eremias nikolskii, new species". p. 478. In: Nikolsky A (1905). "Herpetologia rossica ". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 17 (1): 1–518.
- Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN:978-88-89504-14-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q2065719 entry
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