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The age structure of Eremias suphani was studied from a high-altitude (2180 m a.s.l.) locality in eastern Turkey. A total of 24 preserved (16♂♂, 7♀♀, and 1 juvenile) specimens were used in this study. According to the skeletochronological analysis, ages ranged from 6 to 9 years (mean: 7.38 ± 0.22 years) in males and from 6 to 10 years (mean: 7.86 ± 0.51 years) in females. Age at maturity was estimated to be 5-6 years for both males and females. The mean snout-vent length was calculated as 60.88 ± 2.61 mm in males and 58.85 ± 2.44 in females. The sexual dimorphism index was calculated as -0.03. The difference between the sexes for both age and size was not statistically significant.

Eremias suphani Başoğlu & Hellmich, 1968 HOLOTYPE. ZDEU 31 /1957. TYPE LOCALITY. Süphan Dağı [= Mt. Süphan], [Lake] Aygir Gölü (ex. Franzen & Heckes 1999), Bitlis Prov., Turkey. DISTRIBUTION. Turkey and Iran. DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 106. Confirmed from Iran recently by Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2013c), who reported it from West Azerbaijan Prov. HABITAT. All known localities are situated in the vicinity of large water bodies (Lake Van in Turkey, Lake Urmia in Iran) implying that E. suphani is adapted to moister habitats in mountain steppe regions (Bischoff & Böhme 1980). REMARKS. Originally described as a subspecies of E. velox. Bischoff (1978) suggested it to be a subspecies of E. strauchi and finally Bischoff & Böhme (1980) elevated E. suphani to a species level. Its distinction from E. strauchi was confirmed by genetic data by Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2013b). REFERENCES. Bischoff & Böhme (1980); Franzen & Heckes (1999); Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2013c)., Published as part of Šmíd, Jiří, Moravec, Jiří, Kodym, Petr, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar & Frynta, Daniel, 2014, Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran, pp. 1-97 in Zootaxa 3855 (1) on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4929701, {"references":["Basoglu, M. & Hellmich, W. (1968) Eine neue Eremias - Form aus Ost-Anatolien (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Ege Universitesi Fen FakUltesi Ilmi Raporlar Serisi, 67, 1 - 9.","Franzen, M. & Heckes, U. (1999) Eremias suphani Basoglu & Hellmich, 1968 und Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878 in der ostlichen Turkei: diagnostische Merkmale, Verbreitung und Lebensraume (Sauria: Lacertidae). Salamandra, 35, 255 - 266.","Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Avci, A., Kumlutas, Y., Ilgaz, C. & Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S. S. (2013 c) New country record and range extension of Eremias suphani Basoglu & Hellmich, 1968 from Iran. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 6, 35 - 39.","Bischoff, W. & Bohme, W. (1980) Der systematische Status der turkischen Wustenrenner des Subgenus Eremias. Zoologische Beitrage, 26, 297 - 306.","Bischoff, W. (1978) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra, 14, 178 - 202.","Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S. S. & Arab, M. (2013 b) Rediscovery of Darevskia steineri (Eiselt, 1995) (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 20, 1 - 3."]}

In this investigation, a total of 44 racerunner lizard samples (Eremias pleskei, Eremias strauchi, and Eremias suphani) collected from eastern part of Turkey were examined for the first time for helminths. Eremias pleskei was harboured 1 species of acanthocepalan (in cystacanth stage), E. strauchi was harboured 2 species of nematodes, and E. suphani was harboured 3 species of nematodes and 1 species of cestode. E. strauchi represents a new host record for Spauligodon eremiasi, and Spauligodon saxicolae E. suphani represents a new host record for Spauligodon eremiasi, S. saxicolae, Physaloptera sp., and Oochoristica tuberculata, and also, E. pleskei represents a new host record for unidentified acanthocepalan (in cystacanth stage). Also, Turkey is a new locality record for Spauligodon eremiasi.

In this investigation, a total of 44 racerunner lizard samples (Eremias pleskei, Eremias strauchi, and Eremias suphani) collected from eastern part of Turkey were examined for the first time for helminths. Eremias pleskei was harboured 1 species of acanthocepalan (in cystacanth stage), E. strauchi was harboured 2 species of nematodes, and E. suphani was harboured 3 species of nematodes and 1 species of cestode. E. strauchi represents a new host record for Spauligodon eremiasi, and Spauligodon saxicolae E. suphani represents a new host record for Spauligodon eremiasi, S. saxicolae, Physaloptera sp., and Oochoristica tuberculata, and also, E. pleskei represents a new host record for unidentified acanthocepalan (in cystacanth stage). Also, Turkey is a new locality record for Spauligodon eremiasi.