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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Usbekistan, N Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, SE Kazakhstan (Tien Shan, SW Pamir, also boundary region to China), SE Kazakhstan
Type locality: Altay Mountain Range, Kyrghyzstan

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Eremias nikolskii

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

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

^ 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).
^ ^a ^b ^c Eremias nikolskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 April 2019.

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