Eremias lineolata (Nikolsky, 1897)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 495

Eremias lineolata (Nikolskii, 1897:330, pl. XVIII, fig. 4)

1897 Scapteira lineolata Nikolskii, Les reptiles, amphibiens et poissons recueillis (part.) Mr. N. Zaroudny dans la Perse orientale [in Russian]. Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 2:306–348, pls. XVII–XIX.

LECTOTYPE.— ZISP 880 , from between Feizabad and Nusi in eastern Iran [translated from Russian] (designated by Szczerbak 1974).

LOCALITIES.— 20–50 km S of Andkhoy (CAS 120441–52); 40–50 km S Andkhoy (CAS 120453– 54); Aqtscha [Djauz-Djan Prov., 500 m] (ZFMK 8585); Bala Murghab (Brück 1968); 57–75 km W Mazar-i-Sharif (CAS 120440) [see pl. 8, fig. 6 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Clark (1990) reported this species as only associated with vegetation and never venturing far from cover.