Species:

Eremias cholistanica  BAIG & MASROOR, 2006

Common names:

Cholistan Desert Racerunner (English)
Cholistan Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: PMNH 1685

Terra Typica:

Baghdad-i-Jadeed Campus, Islamia University Bahwalpur, Pujab province, Pakistan (29° 22’ 43’’ N, 71° 46’ 10’’ E), elevation 93 m.

Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Rhabderemias

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Baig, K.J. & Masroor, R. (2006) -  A new species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Cholistan desert, Pakistan. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 13 (3): 167-174.    

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  A new species of Eremias has been described from the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. It constitutes the first record of the genus Eremias from the Oriental (Indian) region. The species has been named Eremias cholistanica, after the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. This striped desert lacerta is not only different from all its congeners in several morphological characteristics but has been collected from an area distant from the previous known range of Eremias.