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 Phrynocephalus scutellatus ( Olivier, 1807 ) HOLOTYPE . MNHN 6947 . TYPE LOCALITY. “Au pied de la montagne” [= Mt. Sophia , near Esfahan , Esfahan Prov. , Iran ] . DISTRIBUTION. Iran , Afghanistan and Pakistan up to the Makran and Sulaiman Mountain ranges. DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 19 . Widely distributed all over the central Iranian Plateau but not crossing the Zagros in the west and the Alborz in the north. HABITAT. Flat gravel desert plains with very little vegetation. Avoids sandy or clayey substrates. Found up to 2300 m elevation ( Anderson 1999 ). REMARKS. A single record from Kermanshah Prov. (USNM 69902) is most probably a misidentified animal. REFERENCES. Anderson (1999 , 2000 ).