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 Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1899 HOLOTYPE . ZIL 9164. TYPE LOCALITY. “ Duz-ab in Kirmano orientali”; placed between Dobaz and Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Prov. , Iran by Szczerbak & Golubev (1986) , but a place named Dubaz is situated in Baluchistan , Pakistan , not far from the border with Iran . DISTRIBUTION. SE Iran , S Afghanistan , W Pakistan . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 145 . Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan Prov. HABITAT. Loose sandy soil. Reported also on saline saturated soils with a salt crust (Zarudny ex. Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 ). REMARKS. Teratoscincus microlepis is a basal lineage of the genus. It is believed that it became separated as a result of the uplift of the Hindu Kush about 20 Mya ( Macey et al. 1999 , 2005 ). REFERENCES. Minton (1966) ; Anderson (1993 , 1999 ); Szczerbak & Golubev (1996) ; Macey et al. (1999 , 2005 ); Khan (2006) .