<documentID-CLB-Dataset="25575"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171"ID-GBIF-Dataset="1042ebd4-abca-4d3c-bf36-47b0438c4da1"ID-Pensoft-Pub="2682-955X-32-177"ID-Pensoft-UUID="A38192A7447F50479854563CC9F83BA7"ID-ZooBank="54B962BCDDA544CB84C33A7B6A8AB0D0"ModsDocID="2682-955X-32-177"checkinTime="1568198792308"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Jablonski, Daniel, Regan, John M., Holzheuser, Chace, Farooqi, Javeed, Basit, Abdul & Masroor, Rafaqat"docDate="2019"docId="0F4180A4D66D5189BD313ABA2AAA3B8F"docLanguage="en"docName="Herpetozoa 32: 177-193"docOrigin="Herpetozoa 32"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171"docTitle="Eremias nigrocellata Nikolsky 1896"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"id="A38192A7447F50479854563CC9F83BA7"lastPageNumber="177"masterDocId="A38192A7447F50479854563CC9F83BA7"masterDocTitle="Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan"masterLastPageNumber="193"masterPageNumber="177"pageNumber="177"updateTime="1732685528512"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<bibRefCitationid="C31C75FB01EA79F93467C751508C2B50"author="Wagner, P"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences"pageId="0"pageNumber="177"pagination="457 - 565"refId="B17"refString="Wagner, P, Bauer, AM, Leviton, AE, Wilms, TM, Boehme, W, 2016. A Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Afghanistan* Exploring herpetodiversity using biodiversity archives. Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences 63: 457 - 565"title="A Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Afghanistan * Exploring herpetodiversity using biodiversity archives."volume="63"year="2016">Wagner et al. 2016</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="8F7470D904DC6E3E1852EDC61FA7B998"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Observed species of the Lacertidae family from Afghanistan: A - adult individual of Eremias aff. nigrocellata from Kaldar, Balkh; B - adult male and female of E. persica displaying mating behaviour and juveniles (C, D) from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; E, F - adult male and female of Mesalina watsonana from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar."figureDoi="10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/339114"pageId="0"pageNumber="177"tableDoi="10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171.figure7">Fig. 7A</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="FDFB6209BCCC194CA26F736A675CD3BA"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. View on selected localities from Afghanistan that were visited: A - habitat of Bufotes viridis complex and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; B - stony, semi-desert habitat of Eremias aff. nigrocellata from Kaldar, Balkh; C - semi-desert habitat of Trapelus agilis from Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan; D - vicinity of small village Waza Kwah, Paktika as habitat of Testudo horsfieldii; E - desert habitat of Cyrtopodion agamuroides complex from Camp Leatherneck, Washir, Helmand; F - burrows in semi-desert habitat that were used by Eremias persica as a shelter, Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar."figureDoi="10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/339117"pageId="0"pageNumber="177"tableDoi="10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171.figure10">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="25F6B70E683242FDEF7C0B6F295E7B48"author="Wagner, P"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences"pageId="0"pageNumber="177"pagination="457 - 565"refId="B17"refString="Wagner, P, Bauer, AM, Leviton, AE, Wilms, TM, Boehme, W, 2016. A Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Afghanistan* Exploring herpetodiversity using biodiversity archives. Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences 63: 457 - 565"title="A Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Afghanistan * Exploring herpetodiversity using biodiversity archives."volume="63"year="2016">Wagner et al. (2016)</bibRefCitation>
<emphasisid="2C2EDF4AC9A2253AA5B251A8C0BD6FAE"italics="true"pageId="0"pageNumber="177">Amu-Darya swamps, nr. Darquad, N of Djangi Quala, [Takhar Prov., 400 m] (ZMK 2562)</emphasis>
of this study. Our record is currently the northernmost locality of the species in Afghanistan, only ca. 1500 m from the border with Tajikistan and 4000 m from the border with Uzbekistan. Although our record clearly corresponds with the distribution range of the species in the country and colouration and pattern of the species corresponds with