Eremias fahimii

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Eremias fahimii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Eremias
Species:
E. fahimii
Binomial name
Eremias fahimii
Omid Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Saberi-Pirooz, 2020

Eremias fahimii (commonly known as Fahimi's racerunner) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae found in Iran. [1]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the Markazi Province up to the western side of Tehran Province. It may also occur in the Alborz, Qom, Qazvin and Zanjan provinces. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mozaffari, Omid; Ahmadzadeh, Faraham; Saberi-Pirooz, Reihaneh (2020-05-05). "Fahimi's racerunner, a new species of the genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran". Zootaxa. 4768 (4): 565–578. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.7. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33055640. S2CID   218939024.