Eremias andersoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Eremias |
| Species: | E. andersoni
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Eremias andersoni (commonly known as Anderson's racerunner) is a species of lizard found in Iran's Kavir National Park.
Etymology
The specific name, andersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936).[2]
References
- ^ Sharifi, Mozafar; Theodore Papenfuss; Steven Anderson; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eremias andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremias andersoni, p. 8).
Further reading
- Darevsky IS, Shcherbak NN (1978). "Eremias andersoni a New Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from Iran". J. Herpetol. 12 (1): 13-15.