Art:

Eremias kakari  MASROOR et al., 2020

Trivialnamen:

Kakar Wüstenrenner (Deutsch)
Kakar’s Racerunner (Englisch)

Typen:

Holotype: PMNH 842, an adult male, collected from Tanishpa village, Torghar Mountains, Killa Saifulla district, Balochistan (31.1869º N, 68.4126º E), elevation 2,506 m a.s.l., May 24, 1997, leg. Khalid Javed Baig.

Paratypes: All paratypes were collected from the same locality as the holotype. PMNH 840, 844, 845 (males) and 843, 846 (females), leg. Khalid Javed Baig (PMNH 843–844, collected along with the holotype; PMNH 845–846, collected on May 25, 1997; PMNH 840, collected on May 26, 1997). PMNH 4092–4097 (subadults), collected on September 09, 2018, leg. Rafaqat Masroor. PMNH 4048, adult male, collected on September 01, 2018, leg. Muazzam Ali Khan.

Terra Typica:

Tanishpa village, Torghar Mountains, Killa Saifulla district, Balochistan (31.1869º N, 68.4126º E), elevation 2,506 m a.s.l.

Taxonomische Hinweise:

MASROOR et al. vermuten eine weitere Verbreitung von Eremias kakari im Nordwesten Pakistans und im Südosten Afghanistans.

Relevante taxonomische Literatur:

• Masroor, R. & Khisroon, M. & Khan, M.A. & Jablonski, D. (2020) -  A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan. -  Zootaxa 4786 (1): 101–121    

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  A new, morphologically distinctive lacertid lizard of the genus Eremias (Rhabderemias) is described from the arid mountains of northwestern Balochistan Province in Pakistan. Eremias kakari sp. nov. has an isolated distribution and can be easily distinguished from all other species of mainly desert subgenus Rhabderemias (E. andersoni, E. cholistanica, E. fasciata, E. lineolata, E. pleskei, E. scripta, E. vermiculata). Apart from other differences, E. kakari sp. nov. can be distinguished from geographically close members of the subgenus Rhabderemias (E. cholistanica, E. fasciata, and E. scripta) by having a single row of subdigital lamellae and a complete row of lateral scales and hence three scales around the penultimate phalanx of 4th toe. The new species is morphologically (dorsal pattern) very similar to E. fasciata but can be distinguished from this species for having 22–26 subdigital lamellae under 4th toe, 48–55 dorsal scales across midbody, ventrals in 11–14 oblique longitudinal series across the belly, 17–21 femoral pores and 17–21 scales in the 9th–10th annulus posterior to the postcloacal granules. The new species is currently known only from the type locality situated in the Toba Kakar Range, near to Tanishpa village. However, we expect that Eremias kakari sp. nov. would have a broader range in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan. An identification key for the Pakistani Eremias, together with other remarks to the new species, is presented.

• Jablonski, D. & Masroor, R. (2021) -  First record of Eremias kakari Masroor et al., 2020 (Squamata: Lacertidae) for Afghanistan. -  Bonn zoological Bulletin 70 (1): 63–65.    

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  The presented paper reports on the first record of Eremias kakari Masroor, Khisroon, Khan, Jablonski, 2020 for Afghanistan based on morphological data obtained from one specimen stored for 49 years in the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. Up to now, the species was known only from the type locality in Pakistani Balochistan.