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.   

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• 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.     

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  During a field survey in the Sistan region of Iran in October 2011, habitat of Eremias acutirostris was surveyed and four specimens of the species were collected. We report a locality situated along the road from Zabol to Doost Mohammad, near the town of Bonjar. The fragile habitat, consist of immobile sand dunes, is situated in proximity to an industrial zone, placing this remnant population under threat of pollution and other anthropogenic edge effects. We call the Zabol Environmental Protection Agency to act and insure the species’ future in Iran.