| Eremias pleskei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (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. pleskei |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremias pleskei Nikolsky, 1905 | |
Eremias pleskei, commonly known as Pleske's racerunner or the trans-Caucasian racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Armenian plateau in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey.
Etymology
The specific name, pleskei, is in honor of Russian zoologist Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske (1858–1932).
Habitat
The natural habitat of E. pleskei is desert at altitudes of 500–1,700 m (1,600–5,600 ft).
Reproduction
E. pleskei is oviparous.
References
- ^ Tuniyev B; Ananjeva NB; Agasyan A; Orlov NL & Tuniyev S (2017) . "Eremias pleskei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164583A114550294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164583A5910262.en.
- 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 pleskei, p. 208).
- Species Eremias pleskei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Nikolsky AM (1905). "Herpetologia rossica". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 17 (1): 1–518. (Eremias pleskei, new species, p. 481).
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