Eremias buechneri

Eremias buechneri
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. buechneri
Binomial name
	Eremias buechneri; Bedriaga, 1907

Last updated October 01, 2025

Eremias buechneri, also known commonly as the Kaschar racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to China.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, buechneri, is in honor of German-Russian zoologist Eugen Büchner.^[3]

Geographic range

Within China, E. buechneri is found in Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region, both of which are in northwestern China.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. buechneri is desert, at altitudes of 800–3,500 m (2,600–11,500 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

E. buechneri is viviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Guo X (2021). "Eremias buechneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T47755878A47755883. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T47755878A47755883.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 Eremias buechneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 April 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias buechneri, p. 42).

Bedriaga J (1907). "Verzeichnis der von der Central-Asiatischen Expedition unter Stabs-Kapitän W. Roborowski in den Jahren 1893–1895 gesammelten Reptilien". Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg10 (3/4): 159–200. (Eremias buechneri, new species, p. 184). (in French).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Guo X (2021). "Eremias buechneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T47755878A47755883. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T47755878A47755883.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 Eremias buechneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 April 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias buechneri, p. 42).

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