Species:

Eremias afghanistanica  BÖHME & SZCZERBAK, 1991

Synonyms:

Eremias (Aspidorhinus) afghanistanica   BARABANOV, 2009

Common names:

Afghan Racerunner (English)
Afghanische Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: ZFMK 8584, paratype in ZFMK

Terra Typica:

E Afghanistan, Prov. Ghazni, Dasht-e-Nawar (Southeastern slope of the Hindu Kush Mountains).

Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Böhme, W. & Szczerbak, N. N. (1991) -  Ein neuer Wüstenrenner aus dem Hochland Afghanistans, Eremias (Eremias) afghanistanica sp.n. (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae).  -  Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bonn, 42 (2): 137-141.    

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  By the PAAG electrophoretic spectra of Coomassi-stained 61-73 bands from 4 “tissues” (heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, liver proteins) for each of 17 specimens representing at least 3 or 4 species, (Eremias vermiculata Blanf., E. przewalskii Str., E. sp. and E. multiocellata Gunther) were compared.Most of the specimens were collected in Mongolia. Their tree, based on several measures of genetic distances, showed the order of the species listed above, with E. sp., the closest to the point of divergency, and situated between E. przewalskii and the specimen of E. multiocellata from several localities and biotypes. The genetic similarity of the biotypes of the last species is discussed in regard with other data on the body size and proportion, pholidosis, coloration.