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 Ablepharus bivittatus ( Ménétriés, 1832 ) LECTOTYPE . ZIL 565, designated by Eremchenko & Szczerbak (1986) . TYPE LOCALITY. Perimbal [Pirimbel], Talysh Mountains, Azerbaijan . DISTRIBUTION. Extreme E Anatolia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , N Iran , Turkmenistan . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 127. N and NW of the country (West and East Azerbaijan , Ardabil , Kordestan , Mazandaran , Semnan , North Khorasan Prov. ); there is an isolated record from northern Fars Prov. reported by Blanford (1876) . HABITAT. Dry, steep loose rocky slopes and open plains with scattered bushes that are used as a refuge. REMARKS. Although population density of A. bivittatus can be high in suitable habitats ( Ahmadzadeh et al. 2008 ), rare encounters imply a rather secretive mode of life of this lizard. Its occurrence is expected to be more continuous along the Zagros Mountains. REFERENCES. Strauch (1867) ; Anderson (1999) ; Poulakakis et al. (2005) ; Ilgaz et al. (2007) .