Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran Author Šmíd, Jiří Author Moravec, Jiří Author Kodym, Petr Author Kratochvíl, Lukáš Author Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Author Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar jirismd@gmail.com. Author Frynta, Daniel text Zootaxa 2014 2014-08-20 3855 1 1 97 journal article 4341 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 1f4f2c28-d4fa-487a-bf83-988cc35518ea 1175-5326 4929701 0E2D2B7C-7A96-4CAB-87F2-87A785F88D7F Acanthodactylus nilsoni Rastegar-Pouyani, 1998 HOLOTYPE . GNHM 5145 . TYPE LOCALITY. 5 km S of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah Prov. , Iran . DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 76 . Known only from the type locality and its vicinity . HABITAT. Sandy and stony hills with luxuriant bushes including Alhagi , Artemisia , Astragalus , Euphorbia , Tamarix , and Zygophyllum . REMARKS. The type locality lies about 7 km E of the borders with Iraq , therefore the occurrence of A. nilsoni in Iraq can be expected . REFERENCES. Rastegar-Pouyani (1998a) ; Anderson (1999) .