Eremias andersoni

Eremias andersoni
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Eremias
Species:	E. andersoni
Binomial name
	Eremias andersoni; Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978

Last updated October 01, 2025

Eremias andersoni, also known commonly as Anderson's racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Iran.

Etymology

The specific name, andersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936).^[2]

Geographic range

E. andersoni is found in northern Iran, in Kavir National Park.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. andersoni is desert.^[1]

Reproduction

E. andersoni is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Sharifi M, Papenfuss T, Anderson S, Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eremias andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164631A5913571. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164631A5913571.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias andersoni, p. 8).
↑ Species Eremias andersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Darevsky IS, Shcherbak NN (1978). "Eremias andersoni a New Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from Iran". Journal of Herpetology12 (1): 13–15.
Nasrabadi R, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Gharzi A (2017). "A revised key to the lizards of Iran (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertilia)". Zootaxa4227 (3): 431–443.
Nilson G, Andrén C (1981). "Die Herpetofauna des Kavir-Schutzgebietes, Kavir-Wüste, Iran ". Salamandra17 (3/4): 130–146. (Eremias andersoni, p. 138). (in German).
Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] 1 2 Sharifi M, Papenfuss T, Anderson S, Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eremias andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164631A5913571. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164631A5913571.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias andersoni, p. 8).

[3] Species Eremias andersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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