The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan Author Jablonski, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0114 Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia daniel.jablonski@uniba.sk Author Khalili, Faizurrahman Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Takhar University, Taleqan, Afghanistan & Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkiye Author Masroor, Rafaqat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6248-546X Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad, Pakistan text Herpetozoa 2023 2023-04-04 36 73 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e98319 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e98319 2682-955X-36-73 C96971CA471F41DEB3849F9045079B54 99736BE2991D50A0AF71BBA07640E7E0 Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolskii, 1896) Figs 3 , 5G-I Takhar records. Bay Yawa Sharqi (Tundi Aman), 37.4223°N , 69.7543°E , 794 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 216); Bay Yawa Sharqi, 37.4248°N , 69.7633°E , 871 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 217); Bay Yawa Sharqi (Latakhali), 37.4322°N , 69.7399°E , 737 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one subadult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 222). Distribution in Afghanistan. Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh ( Wagner et al. 2016 ) and Takhar Provinces, representing 12% of all provinces. Chorotype. Western Central-Asiatic Mountains. Remarks. This study provides the first records of this species for Takhar Province. Same as for P. badakhshana , we have no information on genetics of this species from Afghanistan. It is a widely distributed lizard in Central Asia, distributed from middle to high elevations ( Baig et al. 2012 ). The geographic coordinates 33.422272°N , 63.662567°E given for the locality "Darrah-e-Andarab, vic. of Bani [Baghlan Prov., 2100 m]" located in Ghor Province ( Wagner et al. 2016 ) are wrong and, thus, are corrected here to Andarab Valley in Baghlan Province, approx. 35.6265°N , 69.2152°E .