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Alachan Racerunner
Eremias quadrifrons (Strauch, 1876)
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 quadrifrons (Strauch, 1876)
- Name authority
- (Strauch, 1876)
- Common name
- Alachan 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyLacertidae
- genusEremias
- speciesEremias quadrifrons (Strauch, 1876)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eremias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yarkand sandlizardEremias yarkandensis Blanford, 1875 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Szczerbak’s RacerunnerEremias szczerbaki Eremchenko, Panfilov & Zarinenko, 1992 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ArgutaEremias arguta (Pallas, 1773) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Afghan RacerunnerEremias afghanistanica Böhme & Scerbak, 1991 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anderson's racerunnerEremias andersoni Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kaschar RacerunnerEremias buechneri Bedriaga, 1907 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reticulate RacerunnerEremias grammica (Lichtenstein, 1823) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Papenfuss’s racerunnerEremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain racerunnerEremias montana Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2001 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-Ocellated RacerunnerEremias nigrocellata Nikolsky, 1896 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lalehzar RacerunnerEremias lalezharica Moravec, 1994 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped RacerunnerEremias lineolata (Nikolsky, 1897) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Podarces (Eremias) quadrifrons Strauch, 1876 Strauch, 1876 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eremias&species=quadrifrons 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:6GDYW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.