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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Eremias velox caucasia LANTZ, 1928
Alekperov A.M. (1978) -
Алекперов, А.M. (1978) -
Ananjeva, N.B. & Borkin, L.Y. & Darevsky, I.S. & Orlov, N.L. (1998) -
Ananjeva, N.B. & Mazanaev, L.F. (2021) -
Н.Б. Ананьева & Л.Ф. Мазанаева. (2021) -
Belik, V. (2011) -
Bischoff, W. (1978) -
The final part of a series of papers on the lizards of the Caucasus, that have been published in previous years. The paper reports on the life habits, capture and keeping in terraria of several lizards of Soviet Transcaucasia. In these respects the agamid Phrynocephalus helioscopus persi- cus and three species of the lacertid genus Eremias occuring in that area (i. e. strauchi, velox, pleskei) are discussed. Finally a !ist of all lizard species and subspecies actually known to occur in this region is given.
Bischoff, W. (2003) -
General remarks on Georgia as nature area and on ist herpetofauna, with discussion about ist population density. Short presentation and hints on distribution and habitats of Eremias arguta transcaucasica, E. velox caucasica, Ophisops elegans elegans, Lacerta agilis brevicaudata, L. agilis ioriensis, L. agilis grusinica, L. media media and L. strigata.
Bischoff, W. & Böhme, W. (1980) -
Borkin, L.Ya. & Darevsky, I.S. (1987) -
Боркин Л.Я. & Даревский И.С. (1987) -
Bosch, H.A.J. in den & Bischoff, W. (2004) -
Many regions of the former USSR still re- ceive little attention from Western visitors, herpetologists not excluded. For the Cau- casus Mountains this is all the more sur- prising since the area forms a zone where northern and Middle Eastern flora and fauna meet, and which is thus of considera- bly zoogeographical interest. Presently we find three larger states in the Caucasus: Georgia, Azerbaijan and Arme- nia. Turkey borders to the southwest, Iran to the southeast, and in the north it is the Russian federation. Various smaller parts claim independence. The Black Sea forms the natural western boundary, the Caspian Sea the eastern one. Herpetologically the Caucasus is historically well-known because of the work of Darev- sky and collaborators on the rock lizards (at the time still in the large genus Lacerta, now in Darevskia) and the discovery of the first case of parthenogenesis in vertebrates (DAREVSKY, 1967; DAREVSKII, 1978; DAREVSKY & KULIKOVA, 1961). Below we will concentrate on the results of our field trip to Georgia during the last two weeks of June 2003. Predictably, because of our common interest in the group, the lacertids will receive the most attention.
Darevsky, I.S. (1957) -
Даревский, И.С. (1957) -
Frotzler, N. & Bader, T. (2007) -
Guo, X.-G. & Chen, D.-L. & Wan, H.-F. & Wang, Y.-Z. (2010) -
The lacertid genus Eremias Fitzinger in Wiegmann,1834,consists of approximately 36 species of racerunners,distributed throughout the desert and semi-desert regions from northern China,Mongolia,Korea,central and southwest Asia to southeastern Europe.This short review represents the history of taxonomic studies in the genus Eremias,including affirmation of the genus and its species,distribution characteristics,phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography.Traditional taxonomic methods,as well as new approaches(mtDNA analysis) are discussed.Future potential research projects on Eremias are outlined,such as phylogeny,phylogeography and speciation process.
郭宪光 陈达丽 万宏富 王跃招 (2010) -
由于各种原因,麻蜥属的分类仍较混乱。本文对麻蜥属的系统学研究历史做了系统回顾,从属、亚属、种 等各级分类水平叙述了其研究历史,包括属的建立与订正、物种组成、地理分布特征,总结了通过外部形态和分子 等研究手段,在分类、系统发育、生物地理等研究层次上所取得的成果,在此基础上提出需要深入研究麻蜥属的系 统发育、谱系地理和物种形成机制等,包括该属分布格局与青藏高原隆升、天山隆升及中亚荒漠化和第四纪冰期的 关系。
Ineich, I. & Doronin, I. (2017) -
Lantz, L.A. (1928) -
Liu, J. & Ananjeva, N.A. & Chirikova, M.A. & Milto, K.D. & Guo, X. (2014) -
The rapid racerunner, Eremias velox, is a widely distributed lizard from the northern Caucasus across entire Central Asia eastward to China. It is increasingly common to accept E. velox as a species complex in its entire range. To date, published morphological and molecular systematic hypotheses of this complex are only partially congruent, and its taxonomic status and evolutionary history are still far from clear. The mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and 12S rRNA sequences were used to evaluate the taxonomy of this complex, with particular attention to the phylogenetic placement of populations in northwestern China. Examination of the phylogenetic analyses recovers seven distinct, biogeographically discrete, and well-supported clades, revealing genetically identifiable populations corresponding to some previously morphology-defined subspecies. Chinese E. v. roborowskii appears to have split from other Central Asian rapid racerunner lizards well before differentiation occurred among the latter taxa. Specifically, we corroborate that there are two subspecies occurring in China, i.e., E. v. velox and £. v. roborowskii. We recommend a novel subspecific status for the phenotypically and genetically distinct populations in southern Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan previously assigned to E. v. velox. Finally, each of the three independently evolving lineages from Iranian Plateau should be recognized as three species new to science under the general lineage concept.
Mertens, R. & Wermuth, H. (1960) -
Petzold, H.-G. (1977) -
Polynova, G.V. & Polynova, O.E. (2023) -
The sandy massif Sarykum, whose age is about 100 thousand years, is an island habi- tat for psammophilic species of terrestrial vertebrates. The paper presents new morphometric data on the populations of two species of psammophilous lizards living in this area. These are the nominative subspecies of the Secret Toadheaded Agama (Phrynocephalus mystaceus mys- taceus Pallas, 1776) and the Caucasian Central Asian Racerunner (Eremias velox caucasica Lantz, 1928). Body length of sexually mature males of the Secret Toadheaded Agama averages 76.5±3.7 mm (n = 30), and adult females – 68.9±4.2 mm (n = 29). Comparison of the obtained materials with similar parameters of the Kazakhstan population of the subspecies shows that mature individuals of the Sarykum population are significantly smaller: for males td = 1.33 ≥ tst with a confidence level α = 0.80, and for females td = 2.07 ≥ tst with α = 0.95. It is known from the literature that all the pre-Caucasian populations of this species are isolated. Perhaps the small size of mature individuals in them also serve as an example of the manifestation of Fos- ter`s rule. The data of the presented study indicate a similar feature of the Sarykum population of the Caucasian Central Asian Racerunner. The body length of mature males at Sarykum is 63.6±2.9 mm (n = 9), and that of females is 58.4±3.0 mm (n = 17). The calculation of the relia- bility of differences by the Student coefficient shows that the length of the trunk of males (td = 2) and females (td = 0.61) of the Sarykum population does not statistically differ from the averaged materials for the region. At the same time, mature individuals of the Sarykum popula- tion are significantly smaller than the nominative subspecies from Kazakhstan: for males td = 1.40 ≥ tst with a confidence probability α = 0.80, and for females td = 2.20 ≥ tst with α = 0.95. It is obvious that Foster`s rule does not manifest itself in the subspecies population li- ving on the Sarykum sandy massif, and the conspicuous small size of mature individuals is de- termined by comparison with the size of the nominative subspecies. An interesting fact is that immature foot-and-mouth of both species do not differ in size from individuals of the same age of other populations. Probably, at this stage of ontogenesis, the overall physiologically optimal size for the species is preserved.
Полынова Г. В., Полынова О. Е. (2023) -
я. Песчаный массив Сарыкум, возраст которого насчитывает около 100 тыс. лет, представляет собой островное местообитание для псаммофильных видов наземных поз- воночных. В работе представлены новые морфометрические данные по популяциям двух видов псаммофильных ящериц, обитающих на данной территории. Это номинативный подвид ушастой круглоголовки (Phrynocephalus mystaceus mystaceus Pallas, 1776) и кав- казская быстрая ящурка (Eremias velox caucasica Lantz, 1928). Длина туловища полово- зрелых самцов ушастой круглоголовки составляет в среднем 76.5±3.7 мм (n = 30), а взрос- лых самок – 68.9±4.2 мм (n = 29). Сравнение полученных материалов с аналогичными па- раметрами казахстанской популяции подвида показывает, что половозрелые особи сары- кумской популяции достоверно мельче: для самцов td = 1.33 ≥ tst при доверительной веро- ятности α = 0.80, а для самок td = 2.07 ≥ tst при α = 0.95. Из литературы известно, что все предкавказские популяции этого вида являются изолированными. Возможно, маленькие размеры половозрелых особей у них также служат примером проявления правила Фос- тера. Данные представленного исследования проверили возможность существования ана- логичной особенности размеров и сарыкумской популяции кавказской быстрой ящурки. Длина туловища половозрелых самцов на Сарыкуме составляет 63.6±2.9 мм (n = 9), самок – 58.4±3.0 мм (n = 17). Расчет достоверности различий по коэффициенту Стьюдента пока- зывает, что длина туловища самцов (td = 2) и самок (td = 0.61) сарыкумской популяции ста- тистически не отличается от усредненных материалов по региону. При этом половозрелые особи сарыкумской популяции достоверно мельче номинативного подвида из Казахстана: для самцов td = 1.40 ≥ tst при доверительной вероятности α = 0.80, а для самок td = 2.20 ≥ tst при α = 0.95. Очевидно, что правило Фостера не проявляется в обитающей на песчаном массиве Сарыкум популяции подвида, а бросающиеся в глаза небольшие размеры поло- возрелых особей определяются сравнением с размерами номинативного подвида. Инте- ресен тот факт, что неполовозрелые ящерицы обоих видов не отличаются по размеру от особей того же возраста других популяций. Вероятно, на данном этапе онтогенеза сохра- няется общий физиологически оптимальный для вида размер.
Roitberg, E.S. & Mazanaeva, L.F. & Ilyina, E. & Orlova, V.F. (2000) -
Die Echsenfauna Dagestans (südöstlicher Nordkaukasus, Russland) umfaßt 17 Arten, welche neun Gattungen in fünf Familien angehören (Gekkonidae - l, Agamidae - 4, Anguidae - 2, Scincidae – l und Lacertidae - 9 Arten). Für jede Art wurden detaillierte Verbreitungskarten mit Katastern in Dagestan (50 300 km2) erstellt. Einige Angaben zu den Habitaten, zur Häufigkeit sowie über die lokale Arealdynamik werden ebenfalls mitgeteilt.