South-East Iran (Sistan), South Afghanistan and adjacent Pakistan (Registan desert). 

Species:

Eremias acutirostris  (BOULENGER, 1887)

Synonyms:

Scapteira acutirostris   BOULENGER, 1887

Eremias aporosceles  ALCOCK & FINN, 1897

Eremias (Scapteira) acutirostris   LANTZ, 1928

Eremias acutirostris   ANDERSON, 1999

Common names:

Point-Snouted Racerunner (English)
Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.7.46, ZSI 14132, 14134, 14137, 14139– 42, 14144–45, 14147–51, 14153, FMNH 729

Terra Typica:

Between Nushki and Helmand in the Afghan- Pakistani border area (N. Baluchistan).


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Scapteira


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1887) -  Description Eremias acutirostris. -  In: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp.   

  • Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S.S. & Oraei, H. & Khosravani, A. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. (2013) -  Habitat association and conservation of Eremias acutirostris (Boulenger, 1887) in the Sistan region, Zabol, Iran. -  Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 6 (2): 31-34.