Eremias pleskei, commonly known as Pleske's racerunner or the trans-Caucasian racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Armenian Plateau in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey. Etymology The specific name, pleskei, is in honor of Russian zoologist Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske (1858–1932). Habitat The natural habitat of E. pleskei is desert at altitudes of . Reproduction E. pleskei is oviparous. References Further reading Nikolsky AM (1905). "Herpetologia rossica". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 17 (1): 1–518. (Eremias pleskei, new species, p. 481). Eremias Reptiles described in 1905 Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky