Eremias brenchleyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Eremias |
| Species: | E. brenchleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eremias brenchleyi Günther, 1872
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Eremias brenchleyi, commonly known as the Ordos racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to China.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, brenchleyi, is in honour of English naturalist Julius Lucius Brenchley, who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]In China, E. brenchleyi is found in the provinces Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong, and the autonomous region Inner Mongolia.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of E. brenchleyi are forest, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft).[1]
Diet
[edit]E. brenchleyi preys upon insects.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]E. brenchleyi is oviparous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Shi, L.; Bi, J.; Guo, X. (2019). "Eremias brenchleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T47755867A47755872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T47755867A47755872.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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 brenchleyi, p. 38).
- ^ a b Eremias brenchleyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Günther A (1872). "On some new Species of Reptiles and Fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 10: 418–426. (Eremias brenchleyi, new species, p. 419).
- 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. (Eremias brenchleyi, p. 225).
- Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp.
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