Eremias acutirostris ( Boulenger, 1887:114 )

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 : 493

Eremias acutirostris ( Boulenger, 1887:114)

1887 Scapteira acutirostris Boulenger , Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. III. Lacertidae , Gerrhosauridae , Scincidae , Anelytropsidae , Dibamidae , Chamaeleontidae . Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom. xii + 575 pp., pls. I–XL.

HOLOTYPE.— BMNH 86 .9.21.88 [now BMNH 1946.8.7. 46] from “between Nushki and Helmand, Afghan-Baluch border region”, described in details and figured in Boulenger (1889:100, pl. IX, fig. 4 and 4a–c).

SYNONYMS.— Scapteira aporosceles Alcock and Finn, 1897 , (syntypes BMNH 1917.3.6. 40–43) from “ West of Robat I.” Das et al. (1998) mention additional syntypes: ZSI 14132 , 14134 , 14137 , 14139–42 , 14144–45 , 14147–51 , 14153 from the same locality. However, Lantz (1928: 127) only mentioned six male syntypes .

LOCALITIES.— 12 km SE (by air) of Daruishan (Rigestan Sand Dunes) (2350 ft.) ( MVZ 237048); 10 km NE of Darweshan ( CAS 120377–85); 35 km S of Darweshan ( CAS 120375–76); 56 km S and 10 km E of Darweshan ( CAS 120386–88); 40 km SE of Kandahar ( CAS 120389–96); 5 km (by air) of Takhteh Pol (Rigestan Sand Dunes at W side of Kadeney Rud), ca. 40 km SSE Kandahar (by road to Quetta) (3350 ft.) ( MVZ 237044–47) [see pl. 7, fig. 8 for distribution].