| Eremias argus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Eremias |
| Species: | E. argus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremias argus W. Peters, 1869 | |
Eremias argus (Korean:표범장지뱀,Chinese:丽斑麻蜥,Russian:Монгольская ящурка), also known commonly as the Mongolia racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, argus, refers to Argus, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an allusion to the ocelli (eye spots) of this species.
Geographic range
E. argus is found in China, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia.
Habitat
E. argus is found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, forest, and freshwater wetlands. Similarly, the species has been found at a wide range of altitudes, 50–3,400 m (160–11,150 ft).
Reproduction
E. argus is oviparous.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Eremias argus argus W. Peters, 1869
- Eremias argus barbouri Schmidt, 1925
References
- ^ Orlova, V.; Terbish, K.; Zhao, W.; Guo, X. (2019). "Eremias argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T47755847A47755852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T47755847A47755852.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias argus, p. 11).
- ^ Eremias argus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2019.
Further reading
- Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66 + one unnumbered plate. (Eremias argus, new species, pp. 61–62 + plate, figure 3). (in German).
- Schmidt KP (1925). "New Chinese Amphibians and Reptiles". American Museum Novitates (175): 1–3. (Eremias barbouri, new species, p. 2).
- Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp.
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