North China (Sinkiang, Qinghai and Nei Mongol province), Mongolia, Russia (Tuva Republic). 

Species:

Eremias przewalskii  (STRAUCH, 1876)

Synonyms:

Podarces (Eremias) brachydactyla   STRAUCH, 1876

Podarces (Eremias) Przewalskii   STRAUCH, 1876

Eremias przewalskii   BOULENGER, 1887

Eremias przewalskii tuvensis  SZCZERBAK, 1970

Podarces (Eremias) Kessleri   STRAUCH, 1876

Common names:

Gobi Racerunner (English)
Gobi-Wüstenrenner (German)
Ящурка Пржевальского (Russian)

Types:

Holotype: ZISP (ZIL) 3943; status of BMNH 1946.8.7.30 unknown (but a type of some kind fide BMNH type catalogue).

Terra Typica:

Alashan Desert, China.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Pareremias


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Strauch, A. (1876) -  Description of Eremias przewalskii.  -  In: PRZEWALSKI, N.M. 1876. Mongoliya i Strana (= Mongolia and the Tangut Country. A Three-Year Travel in Eastern High Asia). Volumes 1-2. Imper. Russ. Geogr. Soc., St. Petersburg (in Russian; English edition, London 1876, French edition, Paris 1880, German edition, Jena 1887; abridged Russian edition with added notes, Moscow 1946).   

  • Orlova, V.F. & Poyarkov, N.A. & Chirikova, M.A. & Nazarov, R.A. & Munkhbataar, M. & Munkhbayar, K. & Terbish, K. (2017) -  MtDNA differentiation and taxonomy of Central Asian racerunners of Eremias multiocellata-E. przewalskii species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) -  Zootaxa 4282 (1): 1-42.    

  • Szczerbak, N.N. (2018) -  Eine neue Unterart des Gobi-Wüstenrenners Eremias przewalskii aus der Tuva ASSR mit Angaben über die Taxonomie der gesamten species.  -  In: Munkhbaatar, M., Trbish, H., Bobrov, V.V. & P. Erdenetushig (eds): Essays on the herpetology of Mongolia. - Ulaanbaatar. pp. 68-73.