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 Darevskia praticola ( Eversmann, 1834 ) TYPE. ZIL, collection number unknown ( Uetz 2013 ); Holotype SNP No. 1473 (5) ( D. p. hyrcanica ). TYPE LOCALITY. Nardzana [= Kislowodsk, S Russia fide Tuniyev et al. (2011) ] . DISTRIBUTION. A species with a disjunct range. Darevskia p. pontica (Lantz & Cyrén) (regarded a full species by Tuniyev et al. (2011) and Sos et al. (2012)) occurs in the Balkans, the western part of the range. South Russia and W Transcaucasia are inhabited by the nominotypical subspecies. Populations from SE Azerbaijan and N Iran were assigned to a distinct subspecies, D. p. hyrcanica Tuniyev, Doronin, Kidov & Tuniyev, by Tuniyev et al. (2011) . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 85 . Confined to a relatively small region by the SW Caspian Sea ( Ardabil and Gilan Prov. ) . HABITAT. Open places in forested areas (pastures and hayfields) close to water reservoirs and places with moist soil ( Tuniyev et al. 2011 ). REFERENCES. Anderson (1999) ; Arnold et al. (2007) ; Tuniyev et al. (2011) .