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Papenfuss’s racerunner

Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011
Name authority
Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011
Common name
Papenfuss’s racerunner
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Eremias
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyLacertidae
  12. genusEremias
  13. speciesEremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eremias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yarkand sandlizardEremias yarkandensis Blanford, 1875LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Szczerbak’s RacerunnerEremias szczerbaki Eremchenko, Panfilov & Zarinenko, 1992LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
ArgutaEremias arguta (Pallas, 1773)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Afghan RacerunnerEremias afghanistanica Böhme & Scerbak, 1991LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Anderson's racerunnerEremias andersoni Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kaschar RacerunnerEremias buechneri Bedriaga, 1907LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Reticulate RacerunnerEremias grammica (Lichtenstein, 1823)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mountain racerunnerEremias montana Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2001LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Black-Ocellated RacerunnerEremias nigrocellata Nikolsky, 1896LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lalehzar RacerunnerEremias lalezharica Moravec, 1994LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Striped RacerunnerEremias lineolata (Nikolsky, 1897)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eremias kokshaaliensis Eremchenko & Panfilov, 1999LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Iran (Tehran Province)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eremias&species=papenfussi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6GDXJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.