Eremias nigrocellata Nikolskii, 1896:371

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Eremias nigrocellata Nikolskii, 1896:371

1896 Eremias nigrocellata Nikolskii, Diagnoses reptilium et amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny collectorum. Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 1:369–372.

LECTOTYPE.— ZISP 8800 , from “Sistan”, Iran (designated by Szczerbak 1974). However , Lantz (1928) referred to five syntypes ( ZISP 8798–8799 ) and ZISP 8800 is only mentioned by him, but not indicated as type. Therefore, the status of the specimen ZISP 8800 should be investigat- ed.

LOCALITIES.— Amu-Darya, N of Kunduz (ZFMK 8696); Dasht, btw. Kunduz and Khulm [Kunduz prov., 500 m] (ZFMK 8654, ZMK 2755–56); Amu-Darya swamps, nr. Darquad, N of Djangi Quala [Takhar Prov., 400 m] (ZMK 2562); Pul-e-Khumri [Baghlan Prov., 1300 m] (ZFMK 8583); 10 km W of Tashkurgan (CAS 120455, CAS 120619–20); 15 km W Tashkurgan (CAS 121058); Zebak, 102.4 km on road E Faizabad (FMNH 161127–29) [see pl. 8, fig. 7 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Clark (1990) mentioned E. nigrocellata as a rare species of open firm clay or loess ground with sparse vegetation. ZFMK 8696 was retrieved as a stomach content from Eryx tataricus (ZFMK 5385).