Eremias

Eremias is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards. They are native to Asia and southeastern Europe, where they live in desert and steppe regions.

==Species== thumb|right|200px|Eremias lineolata The following 44 species are recognized. Eremias acutirostris (Boulenger, 1887) – point-snouted racerunner Eremias afghanistanica Böhme & Szczerbak, 1991 – Afghan racerunner Eremias andersoni Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978 – Anderson's racerunner Eremias argus W. Peters, 1869 – Mongolia racerunner Eremias arguta (Pallas, 1773) – steppe-runner Eremias aria S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1967 Eremias brenchleyi Günther, 1872 – Ordos racerunner Eremias buechneri Bedriaga, 1906 – Kaschar racerunner Eremias cholistanica Baig & Masroor, 2006 Eremias dzungarica Orlova, Poyarkov Jr., Chirikova, Nazarov, Munkhbaatar, Munkhbayar, & Terbish, 2017 – Dzungarian racerunner Eremias fahimii Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Saberi-Pirooz, 2020- Fahimi's racerunner Eremias fasciata Blanford, 1874 – Sistan racerunner Eremias grammica (Lichtenstein, 1823) – reticulate racerunner Eremias graphica Orlova, Rasegar-Pouyani, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh, Poyarkov, Melnikov & Nazarov, 2023 Eremias intermedia (Strauch, 1876) Eremias isfahanica Rastegar-Pouyani, Hosseinian, Rafiee, Kami, Rajabizadeh, & Wink, 2016 – Eremias kavirensis Mozaffari & Parham, 2007 Eremias kakari Masroor, Khisroon, Khan, and Jablonski, 2020 – Kakar's racerunner Eremias killasaifullahi Masroor, Khan, Nadeem, Amir, Khisroon, & Jablonski, 2022 – Killa Saifullah's racerunner Eremias kokshaaliensis Jeremčenko & Panfilov, 1999 Eremias kopetdaghica Szczerbak, 1972 – Kopet Dagh racerunner Eremias lalezharica Moravec, 1994 – Lalezhar racerunner Eremias lineolata (Nikolsky, 1897) – striped racerunner Eremias montana N. Rastegar-Pouyani & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2006 – mountain racerunner Eremias multiocellata Günther, 1872 – multi-ocellated racerunner Eremias nigrocellata Nikolsky, 1896 – black-ocellated racerunner Eremias nikolskii Bedriaga, 1905 – Kirghiz racerunner Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011 Eremias persica Blanford, 1875 Eremias pleskei Nikolsky, 1905 – Pleske's racerunner Eremias przewalskii (Strauch, 1876) – Gobi racerunner Eremias pseudofasciata Orlova, Rasegar-Pouyani, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh, Poyarkov, Melnikov & Nazarov, 2023 Eremias quadrifrons (Strauch, 1876) – Alachan racerunner Eremias rafiqi Masroor, Khan, Nadeem, Amir, Khisroon, & Jablonski, 2022 – Rafiq's racerunner Eremias regeli Bedriaga in Nikolsky, 1905 Eremias roborowskii (Bedriaga, 1912) Eremias scripta (Strauch, 1867) – sand racerunner Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878 – Strauch's racerunner Eremias stummeri Wettstein, 1940 – Stummer's racerunner Eremias suphani Başoğlu & Hellmich, 1980 – Başoğlu's racerunner, Suphan racerunner Eremias szczerbaki Jeremčenko, Panfilov & Zarinenko, 1992 – Szczerbak's racerunner Eremias velox (Pallas, 1771) – rapid racerunner, rapid fringe-toed lizard Eremias vermiculata Blanford, 1875 – variegated racerunner, Central Asian racerunner Eremias yarkandensis Blanford, 1875 – Yarkand racerunner, Yarkand sandlizard