Türkiye (East Anatolia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, North-West Iran. 

Species:

Eremias strauchi  KESSLER, 1878

Synonyms:

Eremias strauchi   KESSLER, 1878

Eremias velox var. persica   BOETTGER, 1886

Eremias velox var. strauchi   BEDRIAGA, 1912

Eremias velox strauchi  NIKOLSKY, 1913

Eremias (Aspidorhinus) strauchi   BARABANOV, 2009

Common names:

Strauch’s Racerunner (English)
Strauch’s Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Lectotype: ZISP (fide I. Doronin), originally MLSU 166 (designated by Szczerbak 1974:114)

Terra Typica:

Echmiadzin, Armenia; “Etshmiadzin, Armenia” fide ANDERSON 1999.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Kessler, K.F. (1878) -  Description of Eremias strauchi. -  In: Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg, 8 (suppl.). 200 pp.   

  • Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S.S. & Wink, M. (2015) -  Taxonomic reevaluation of Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler, 1878 and Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica Szczerbak, 1972, based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Zoology in the Middle East, Heidelberg, 61 (2): 118-124.