Eremias pleskei explained

Eremias pleskei, commonly known as Pleske's racerunner or the trans-Caucasian racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Armenian Plateau in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey.

Etymology

The specific name, pleskei, is in honor of Russian zoologist Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske (1858–1932).^[1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of E. pleskei is desert at altitudes of 500–.

Reproduction

E. pleskei is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Nikolsky AM (1905). "Herpetologia rossica". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 17 (1): 1–518. (Eremias pleskei, new species, p. 481).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Eremias pleskei, p. 208).
2. . www.reptile-database.org.