Eremias andersoni

Eremias andersoni (commonly known as Anderson's racerunner) is a species of lizard found in Iran's Kavir National Park.

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

Etymology

The specific name, andersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936).[2]

References

  1. Sharifi, Mozafar; Theodore Papenfuss; Steven Anderson; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eremias andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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 andersoni, p. 8).

Further reading

  • Darevsky IS, Shcherbak NN (1978). "Eremias andersoni a New Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from Iran". J. Herpetol. 12 (1): 13-15.
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