Английская Википедия:Eremias argus

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Eremias argus (Korean:표범장지뱀,Chinese:丽斑麻蜥,Russian:Монгольская ящурка), also known commonly as the Mongolia racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, argus, refers to Argus, the many-eyed giant in Greek mythology, an illusion to the ocelli (eye spots) of this species.

Geographic range

E. argus is found in China, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia.

Habitat

E. argus is found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, forest, and freshwater wetlands. Similarly, the species has been found at a wide range of altitudes, Шаблон:Convert.

Reproduction

E. argus is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Eremias argus argus Шаблон:Small
• Eremias argus barbouri Шаблон:Small

Further reading

• Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66 + one unnumbered plate. (Eremias argus, new species, pp. 61–62 + plate, figure 3). (in German).
• Schmidt KP (1925). "New Chinese Amphibians and Reptiles". American Museum Novitates (175): 1–3. (Eremias barbouri, new species, p. 2).
• 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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Шаблон:Lacertidae-stub