山地麻蜥Eremias brenchleyi
地方名：马蛇子、四蛇子
形态特征：全长120～170mm，外形与丽斑麻蜥相似，但尾细长，约为头体长的1.5倍。吻尖长，头顶有对称性大鳞，上唇麟9～11枚，下唇麟6～8枚；眶上鳞2枚，前眶上鳞较小，后眶上鳞较大，眶下鳞3枚，中间一枚最大，向下切入第五和第六上唇鳞之间，下缘近唇缘；体背被覆粒鳞，腹鳞长方形，一横排12～14枚鳞；尾除基部外，被覆强棱鳞；每侧有股孔9～14个。生活时，体背褐色或灰褐色，体侧各有2列黑缘的浅色眼状斑或眼状斑相连成的白色纵纹，至肛后逐渐淡化消失；近背侧的2列眼状斑间有小黑斑散布于背面，四肢背面与体背颜色几乎相同，体、四肢及尾腹面乳白色。成体尾与体背颜色几乎相同，但初生幼体尾部为蓝色。
生活习性：生活于岩石裸露的砾质山坡、杂草坡地和阔叶林地带，与丽斑麻蜥伴生。5—6月开始繁殖，卵生。
地理分布：中国特有种，国内分布于辽宁、北京、天津、河北、山东、山西、陕西北部、内蒙古南部和江苏及安徽的长江以北地区。
环渤海地区分布：均有分布。
生存现状：无危（LC）。
28.Eremias brenchleyi
Description Adults up to120-170mm in TOL, thin and long tail, about 1.5 times of SVL;the appearance is similar to Eremias argus barbouris, snout is sharp and long; symmetrically big scales on the top head; 9-11 supralabials, 6-8 infralabials; 2 supraorbital scales,anterior supraorbital scales are smaller; posterior supraorbital scales are bigger; 3 suborbital scales, and the biggest middle scale between the fifth and the sixth supralabial; lower edge is near the lip edge; body dorsum is covered by granular scales; ventrals are in rectangle shape, with a row of 12-14 scales; strong keeled scales on the tail, not the caudal base; 9-14 femoral pores on each side; dorsum is brown or grey-brown; 2 rows of light-colored ocular plaques with black rim or white ventral stripes on both sides, fading away and disappear at the rear of the anus; two rows of ocular plaques with small black spots on the dorsum; the color of four limbs and body dorsum are almost the same; newborn Eremias brenchleyi's tail is blue.
Behaviour Eremias brenchleyi live in barren rocky gravelly slopes, grassy slopes, and broad-leaved forest areas, and with Eremias argus.They start to breed from May to June and lay eggs.
Distribution Native to China: in Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi the north of Shaanxi province, the south of Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu and the north of Yangzi river in Anhui.Distribution around Bohai Sea: everywhere across the Bohai Sea Rim.
Conservation Least Concern (LC).
