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 Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 The composite genus Lacerta that previously contained a majority of species of Lacertinae was definitely split into several genera by Arnold et al. (2007) . Based on their detailed study supported by genetic and morphological data the genus today consists only of the following species: Lacerta agilis , L. bilineata , L. media , L. pamphylica , L. schreiberi , L. strigata , L. trilineata , and L. viridis . The enigmatic species, L. mostoufii Baloutch (type locality in the Dasht-e Lut), never seen again since its description was retracted from the Iranian lizard fauna by Ahmadzadeh et al. (2013a) after in den Bosch (1999) and Eiselt (1995) brought evidence that the only known specimens were lost ( holotype ) or misidentified D. praticola ( paratype ) and that the description was probably based on material originated from different parts of Iran that was mixed-up by Baloutch with collections from Dasht-e Lut ( Baloutch 1977 ; Anderson 1999 , p. 239).