Eremias przewalskii, commonly known as the Gobi racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Eremias przewalskii, p. 212).
Geographic range E. przewalskii is found in China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Russia.
Habitat The preferred habitats of E. przewalskii are desert, forest, shrubland, and wetlands, at altitudes of .Orlova V, Terbish K, Wang Y, Guo X, Shi L, Bi J (2019). "Eremias przewalskii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T47755920A47755929.en.
Reproduction E. przewalskii is viviparous.
References
Further reading Bischoff W, Schmidtler JF (2013). "Nikolai Michailowitsch Przewalski und “sein” Wüstenrenner Eremias przewalskii (Strauch, 1876)". Die Eidechse 24 (3): 90-95. (in German). Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Eremias przewalskii, pp. 105-106). Strauch A (1876). "[Reptiles]". In: Przewalski NM (1876). [Mongolia and the Tangut Country. A Three-year Travel in Eastern High Asia ]. Volumes I & 2. St. Petersburg, Russia: [Imperial Russian Geographic Society]. (Podarces przewalskii, new species, p. 43 + Plate VII). (in Russian).