A New Species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Fars Province, South-Central Iran

Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Göran Nilson

Abstract


A new species of the lacertid genus and subgenus Eremias is described based on material collected by the senior author from 150 km northeast of Shiraz, Fars province, south-central Iran at about 1800 m elevation. It differs from all other Iranian species of the typical subgenus (E. persica, E. strauchi, E. velox, and E. lalezharica) in that it has a very distinctive and unique color pattern, unmistakable in this character: the wide dorsolateral stripe is uniformly black without light spots and there is no ocelli on the upper surface of limbs; the third pair of submaxillary shields are separated by 4 granular scales; and the tympanic shield is rudimentary and almost absent. The new species is sympatric with Eremias persica and apparently restricted in distribution to the steppes and open plains in the northern regions of Fars province, south-central Iran.


Keywords


Eremias (Eremias) nigrolateralis; E. (Eremias) persica; Lacertidae; new species; Shiraz; Fars province; South-central Iran

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-2-94-101

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