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title: "Rapid Racerunner"
description: "Eremias velox — Répteis. Eremias velox (commonly known as the rapid racerunner, Central Asian racerunner, or rapid fringe-toed lizard) is a species of lizard found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rapid-racerunner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rapid Racerunner

> Eremias velox — Répteis. Eremias velox (commonly known as the rapid racerunner, Central Asian racerunner, or rapid fringe-toed lizard) is a species of lizard found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

- Scientific name: *Eremias velox*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1293
- Wikidata: [Q4101105](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4101105)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36012)

## Names

- en: Rapid Racerunner
- de: Schneller Wüstenrenner
- es: Lagarto Corredor de Asia Central

## Countries with the most observations

KZ (414), UZ (246), RU (243), GE (93), CN (68), AZ (40), KG (21), IR (11), TM (5), TJ (4)

## Summary

Eremias velox (commonly known as the rapid racerunner, Central Asian racerunner, or rapid fringe-toed lizard) is a species of lizard found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Eremias vermiculata is also sometimes known as the Central Asian racerunner.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremias_velox

## Photo

![Rapid Racerunner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rapid-racerunner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Алёна Карцева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169185328

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rapid-racerunner?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).