Eremias dzungarica Orlova & Poyarkov & Chirikova & Nazarov & Munkhbaatar & Munkhbayar & Terbish 2017, sp. nov.

Eremias dzungarica sp. nov. (Figs. 3–9; Table 3) Chresonymy: “ Eremias multiocellata ” (partim) — Ananjeva 1972; Bannikov et al. 1977; Prokopov 1978; Brushko & Kubykin 1988; Brushko 1995; Orlova 1995; Orlova & Terbish 1997; Sindaco & Jeremcenko 2008; Tuniyev & Ananjeva 2010. “ Eremias multiocellata yarkandensis ” — Szczerbak 1974 (partim). Holotype. ZMMU R-12845, adult male, individual lable R-12845-4; collected on 12.08.2008 from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, Khoovor, 7 km west from Uyench Sum (= Uench-somon) (46° 05' N; 91° 56' E) by V.F. Orlova (Figs. 3–6). Paratypes. ZMMU R-12846-2 and R-12846-5, two adult males, and R-12846-6 one adult female; collection data same as for the holotype: Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, Khoovor, 7 km west Uench-somon 46° 05' N; 91° 56' E; collected on 12.08.2008 by V.F. Orlova (Fig. 7). ZMMU R-12846-7–R-12846-11, 5 juveniles; collection data same as for the holotype: Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, Khoovor, 7 km west Uench-somon 46° 05' N; 91° 56' E; collected on 12.08.2008 by V.F. Orlova (Fig. 8). ZMMU R-12862-1 and R-12862-3, two adult males, and R-12862-2, one adult female; collected from: Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, Bulgan-Somon, urochishe Bayan-Mod, 11 km west Ikher-Toli, on 13.08.2008 by G. Davaasuren (Fig. 7). Referred Materials. Mongolia: ZMMU R-5415 (1 male, 6 females) from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, 6-7 km to the West of Uyench Sum [Uench-somon]), coll. 05.07.1984; ZMMU R-5414 (1 male, 1 female) from the same locality as above, coll. 0 4.07.1984 (samples used in the allozyme study of Truweller et al. 1994); ZMMU R-5413 (1 male, 1 female), from the same locality as above, coll. 03.07.1984; ZMMU R- 5417 (2 females, 1 male), from the same locality as above, coll. 05– 06.07.1984; ZMMU R-5617 (2 adults), from the same locality as above, coll. 05- 06.07.1984; ZMMU R-6415 (1 male, 3 females), from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, env. Uyench Sum [Uenchsomon], 07.06.1984; ZMMU R-6417 (5 adults, 2 subad.), from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, 15 km E from Uyench Sum [Uench-somon] (Khuv-Us), coll. 07.06.1984; ZMMU R-6776 (2 females), from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, 15 km N from Uyench Sum [Uench-somon], coll. 10.08.1986; ZMMU R-5781 (2 males, 3 females), 6 km W of Uyench Sum [Uench-somon], coll. 23.07.1986; ZMMU R-5807 (1 male) from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, env. Uyench Sum [Uench-somon], coll. 23.07.1986; ZMMU R-8252 (4 males, 1 female) from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, 6-7 km to W from Uyench Sum [Uench-somon], coll. 04– 05.07.1984; ZMMU R-7617 (2 males), from the same locality as above, coll. 04.- 05.07.1984; ZMMU R-8449 (2 juv.) and ZMMU R-12550 (1 subad.) from Mongolia, Khovd Aimaq, 24 km N of Uyench Sum [Uench-somon], coll. 18.06.2007. Kazakhstan: ZMMU R-8449 (2 juv.) from East Kazakhstan Province, Buran settlement, Chernyi Irtysh, coll. 23.08.1956; ZMMU R-10875 (1 adults), East Kazakhstan Province, Kurumcha district, env. of Kamyshinka, left bank of Irtysh River, coll. 05.1956; ZMMU R-11989 (2 adults, 1 subad.), East Kazakhstan Province, Aigyrkum sands, 5-7 km SW from Buran, coll. 27.05.2003; ZMMU R-14080 (1 adults), East Kazakhstan Province, NE from Ulken-Karatal, coll. 0 8.2013. Almaty Institute of Zoology, Kazakhstan aeae 3420 and 3421 (2 adults), East Kazakhstan Province, Zaisan valley, 10 km S from Ulken-Karatal, coll. 12.07.1985; ZIK 3753 (aeae 22692–22706) (15 adults), East Kazakhstan Province, Zaisan district, 5-6 km N from Karatal, coll. 14- 20.04.1990. Diagnosis. A member of the genus Eremias on the basis of the following morphological attributes: ventrals arranged in oblique series, converging at the midline of belly; absence of occipital; subnasal in contact with 1–3 supralabials; large transparent scales on the lower eyelid absent; canthus rostralis not developed (following Szczerbak 1974). A species belonging to the subgenus Pareremias on the basis of the following features: subocular not reaching mouth edge; one frontonasal; two supraoculars; the row of small granular scales between supraoculars and frontal with frontoparietals absent; distance between the femoral pore rows being wide; femoral pore rows not reaching knee-joint; coloration pattern with light colored ocelli with black edging (see Szczerbak 1974). A medium-sized lacertid lizard, maximum snout-vent length (SVL) = 64.5 mm, tail being ca. 1.5 times longer than body length (SVL), hindlimbs relatively long (Pp/SVL ratio 0.46); subocular scale not reaching mouth edge, in touch with 6–8 supralabials; males with bright coloration consisting of 2–3 dorsolateral rows of light-colored ocelli with thick black edging; the ventral row of ocelli in life is greenish to bluish; dorsal pattern consisting of black irregular blotches along the the middorsal line. Etymology. The specific name “ dzungarica ” is a Latin toponymic adjective in the nominative singular (feminine gender), referring to the distribution of the new species covering the area of Dzungaria, now in easternmost Kazakhstan, northern part of Chinese Xinjiang and the westernmost part of Mongolia (Dzungarian Gobi). R-12846-2 R-12846-5 R-12846-6 R-12846-7 R-12846-8 R-12846-9 R-12846-10 R-12846-11 R-12862-1 R-12862-2 R-12862-3 Characters m m f juv. juv. juv. juv. juv. m f m SVL 62.5 53.8 64.5 37.0 38.0 34.0 32.0 26.5 60.3 61.4 52.0 Reccomended vernacular name. We recommend the following common name in English: Dzungarian racerunner. Recommended common name in Mongolian: Züüngaryn gürvel; in Russian: Dzhungarskaya yaschurka. Description of holotype. An adult male preserved in 75% ethyl alcohol in a good state of preservation (Fig. 3); body robust and moderately depressed; a species of the subgenus Pareremias (Szczerbak 1974); tail long, ca. 1.5 times longer than body (SVL/TL ratio 0.77). Head relatively long (HL/SVL ratio 0.28) (Fig. 4), massive and wide (HW/HL ratio 0.57), head height slightly less than head width (HH/HW ratio 0.81). Limbs strong, hindlimbs longer than forelimbs (Pa/Pp ratio 0.67), hindlimbs comprise almost half of the body length (Pp/ SVL ratio 0.31). Nostrils not swollen nor raised, three pairs of nasals; subnasal not in contact with rostral shield and is located above first to third supralabials. Snout bluntly rounded, rostral broadly covers the anteriormost part of the dorsal surface of head, but not in contact with frontonasal. Occipital shield absent. Two large nasals and one small nasal in contact with rostral anteriorly, with first, second and third supralabials laterally, and with frontonasal and first loreal posteriorly. Frontonasal single, broader than long, its height less than its length, and laterally frontonasal in contact with first loreal and posteriorly with prefrontals. Two prefrontals contacting each other forming a longitudinal suture; each almost same size as frontonasal, notably longer than broad and laterally in contact with first and second loreals and posteriorly with frontal and a presubocular scale. The single frontal with distinct concavity, slightly bluging, its maximal width in the anterior part ca. twice greater than width in the posterior part. Frontal broadened, much longer than prefrontal and frontonasal together, frontal length ca. two times greater than the distance from its anterior tip to the tip of snout. Frontal anteriorly in contact with prefrontals, posteriorly and laterally in contact with small presupraocular scale and supraoculars, but not separated from the latter by scales, nor by granules, and posteriorly with frontoparietals. Two frontoparietals almost as large as a single supraocular, laterally being in contact with the second supraocular and postsupraocular, and posteriorly with interparietal and parietals. Interparietal small and relatively diamond-shaped with well-pronounced bulging transparent pineal ocellus, surrounded by frontoparietals and parietals; two very large and plate-like parietals, slightly longer than broad, being in contact behind interparietal forming a suture which is ca. two times shorter than interparietal length. Two loreals, first one small, trapezoid-shaped, surrounded by third and fourth supralabials, subnasal, postnasal, frontonasal, prefronal, and the second loreal which is distinctly large and has pentagonal shape. Two supraoculars of same size, anteriorly than the first supraocular a small presupraocular shield of triangular shape, followed by a series of 13–14 granular scales running posteriorly and separating supraoculars from 5–5 supraciliaries. Posteriorly than the second supraocular a postocular shield is present, it’s broader than long, larger than presupraocular and in contact with second supraocular, frontoparietal and parietal medially and with postocular laterally, anteriorly surrounded by several granules; temporal region mostly covered by granular scales becoming larger towards the tympanal region and larger supratemporal shields (9 on each sides), two of them enlarged. Tympanic scale edging the dorsal edge of ear cavity, distinct and elongated obliquely, of semicrescent shape, almost the same size on both sides; tympanum vertically elongated, same size as the orbit. 8–8 supralabials, 6 of which on each side anteriorly to subocular; 6–8 supralabials in contact with subocular which does not border the mouth; the sixth supralabial enlarged of trapezoid shape. Subocular comparatively small, longer than broad with a distinct ridge being extensively in contact with the lower edge of orbit; anteriorly small presubocular shield; posteriorly large postsubocular shield; lower eyelids with a semitranslucent membrane made up of small scales. Gular scales comparatively large, 21 gulars from symphysis of chin shields to median gular, becoming slightly enlarged posteriorly; gular fold well-developed; collar well pronounced, not serratted, made up of 10 enlarged scales, collar scales of uneven size: the medial one the largest, lateral collar scales same size as the adjacent gulars. Five pairs of submaxillary shields, first two pairs in contact, the third to fifth pairs widely separated; the first pair of submaxillary

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