Eremias nikolskii

Eremias nikolskii, commonly known as the Kirghiz racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia.

Eremias nikolskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Eremias
Species:	E. nikolskii
Binomial name
Eremias nikolskii Bedriaga, 1905

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

E. nikolskii is diurnal.[2]

Reproduction

E. nikolskii is oviparous.[2]

References

1. 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. 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.