Northeast Türkiye, Armenia, Azerbaijan, North-West Iran. 

Species:

Eremias pleskei  BEDRIAGA, 1905

Synonyms:

Eremias (Rhabderemias) pleskei   SZCSEBAK, 1974

Eremias fasciata pleskei   NIKOLSKY, 1905

Eremias fasciata var. pleskei  BEDRIAGA, 1907

Rhabderemias pleskei  LANTZ, 1928

Common names:

Pleske’s Racerunner (English)
Transcaucasian Racerunner (English)
Transkaukasischer Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Lectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 6724 (designated by Szcerbak, 1974:234)

Terra Typica:

Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan; “Nachitschewan, Erivan, Transcaucasia” fide ANDERSON 1999.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Rhabderemias


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bedriaga, J. von (1905) -  Description of Eremias pleskei. -  In: A.M. Nikolsky - Herpetologia rossica. Mémoires de l`Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg, XVII (1): 1-518.