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 Stenodactylus arabicus ( Haas, 1957 ) HOLOTYPE . CAS 84321. TYPE LOCALITY. Abqaiq, Eastern Region , Saudi Arabia . DISTRIBUTION. The southeastern Arabian Peninsula ( Yemen , Saudi Arabia , Oman , UAE , Qatar , Kuwait , Iran ). DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig 63 . Known only from one recently recorded locality in Khuzestan Prov. ( Fathinia et al. 2014 ). HABITAT. Areas of windblown sand and sand dunes with sparse shrubby vegetation. REMARKS. A sister species to S. sharqiyahensis Metallinou & Carranza from eastern Oman ( Metallinou & Carranza 2013 ). REFERENCES. Arnold (1980a) ; Metallinou et al. (2012) ; Metallinou & Carranza (2013) ; Fathinia et al. (2014) .