West China (Xinjiang) and Kyrgyzstan / Tarim basin which includes the southern slopes of Tien Shan, piedmont plains and foothills of Kunlun and eastern Pamir in China and eastern Alai in Kyrgyzstan. 

Species:

Eremias yarkandensis  BLANFORD, 1875

Synonyms:

Eremias multiocellata var. yarkandensis   BOULENGER, 1921

Eremias multiocellata yarkandensis  SCHMIDT, 1926

Eremias yarkandensis  EREMCHENKO & PANFILOV, 1999

Common names:

Yarkand Racerunner (English)
Yarkand Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Syntypes: BMNH 1917.3.6.28-30; according to other sources also in ZSI, MCZ R-7167

Terra Typica:

Town Yarkend, Kashgaria, China (Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous region).


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Pareremias


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Blanford, W.T. (1875) -  List of reptilia and amphibia collected by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Kashmir, Ladák, eastern Turkestán, and Wakhán, with descriptions of new species. -  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 44 (2): 191-196.  

  • Orlova, V.F. & Poyarkov, N.A. & Chirikova, M.A. & Nazarov, R.A. & Munkhbataar, M. & Munkhbayar, K. & Terbish, K. (2017) -  MtDNA differentiation and taxonomy of Central Asian racerunners of Eremias multiocellata-E. przewalskii species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) -  Zootaxa 4282 (1): 1-42.    

 
 
 
 
 

Eremias yarkandensis  © 2007 Valeri Eremchenko