#1572 · 🦎 reptiles
Steppe Runner
🇳🇱 Steppehagedis ·Eremias arguta
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Natalia Melnikova · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Eugene Popov · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Nikita Sevastianov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © yakov_oskanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Владимир SaganSS Каганов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Alexander A. Fomichev · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Alexander A. Fomichev · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. © Nikita Sevastianov · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The steppe-runner ( Eremias arguta ) is a species of lizard found in Turkey, Romania, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Tajikistan, Mongolia, and China.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,134 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 9 g.
- About 7 cm long.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1773 (253 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Steppe Runner
- Nederlands
- Steppehagedis
- scientific name
- Eremias arguta
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Lacertidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 782
- sightings worldwide
- 1,134
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 8.5 g
- length
- 7.2 cm
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1773 by Peter Simon Pallas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lacertidae
#1473 📷 10Sand Lizard
🇳🇱 Zandhagedis
Lacerta agilis
LC 👀 833 in NL
#1476 📷 10Viviparous Lizard
🇳🇱 Levendbarende hagedis
Zootoca vivipara
LC 👀 357 in NL
#1479 📷 7Common Wall Lizard
🇳🇱 Muurhagedis
Podarcis muralis
LC 👀 103 in NL
#1487 📷 9Italian Wall Lizard
🇳🇱 Ruïnehagedis
Podarcis siculus
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1503 📷 9Western Green Lizard
🇳🇱 Westelijke Smaragdhagedis
Lacerta bilineata
LC 🌍 24.4k seen
#1507 📷 10Large Psammodromus
🇳🇱 Algerijnse Zandloper
Psammodromus algirus
LC 🌍 15.7k seen
#1510 📷 8Green Lizard
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Smaragdhagedis
Lacerta viridis
LC 🌍 14.2k seen
#1522 📷 8Ocellated Lizard
🇳🇱 Parelhagedis
Timon lepidus
LC 🌍 9.5k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 36023, Wikidata Q1037503, GBIF 2468945, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.