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 Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 Phrynocephalus ananjevae Melnikov, Melnikova, Nazarov & Rajabizadeh, 2013 HOLOTYPE . ZISP 10256.1 . TYPE LOCALITY. Qahferokh, vicinity of Farokhshahr, Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Prov., Iran . DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 12 . With certainty known only from the type locality and Abadeh ( Fars Prov. ), but populations of P. persicus previously reported from adjacent areas may also represent this species . HABITAT. Not given in the original description nor by Nikolsky (1907) , who collected the type series. REMARKS. The existence of this species was first discovered by Melnikov et al. (2008) in their genetic study of P. persicus and P. helioscopus . REFERENCES. Melnikov et al. (2008 , 2013 ).