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
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-08-20
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1
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Varanus bengalensis
(
Daudin, 1802
)
HOLOTYPE
.
MNHN 2179
.
TYPE LOCALITY. Bengal,
India
.
DISTRIBUTION. Southeast Asia from SE
Iran
through
Pakistan
, the Indian subcontinent including
Sri Lanka
and Indochina to the Malayan Peninsula and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java.
DISTRIBUTION IN
IRAN
.
Fig. 150
. Restricted to the southeasternmost part of the country to
Hormozgan
,
Kerman
, and Sistan and Baluchistan Prov
.
HABITAT. Various
types
of habitats throughout the whole range, usually found near streams, rivers or water bodies; occurs also in cultivated areas, field margins, road ditches.
REFERENCES.
Mertens (1959)
;
Anderson (1999)
.