中文摘要：

由于各种原因,麻蜥属的分类仍较混乱。本文对麻蜥属的系统学研究历史做了系统回顾,从属、亚属、种等各级分类水平叙述了其研究历史,包括属的建立与订正、物种组成、地理分布特征,总结了通过外部形态和分子等研究手段,在分类、系统发育、生物地理等研究层次上所取得的成果,在此基础上提出需要深入研究麻蜥属的系统发育、谱系地理和物种形成机制等,包括该属分布格局与青藏高原隆升、天山隆升及中亚荒漠化和第四纪冰期的关系。

英文摘要：

The lacertid genus Eremias Fitzinger in Wiegmann, 1834, consists of approximately 36 species of racerunners, distributed throughout the desert and semi-desert regions from northern China, Mongolia, Korea, central and southwest Asia to southeastern Europe. This short review represents the history of taxonomic studies in the genus Eremias, including affirmation of the genus and its species, distribution characteristics, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography. Traditional taxonomic methods, as well as new approaches （mtDNA analysis） are discussed. Future potential research projects on Eremias are outlined, such as phylogeny, phylogeography and speciation process.