Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan Author Jablonski, Daniel Author Regan, John M. Author Holzheuser, Chace Author Farooqi, Javeed Author Basit, Abdul Author Masroor, Rafaqat text Herpetozoa 2019 32 177 193 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171 2682-955X-32-177 54B962BCDDA544CB84C33A7B6A8AB0D0 A38192A7447F50479854563CC9F83BA7 Eremias nigrocellata Nikolsky, 1896 Distribution in Afghanistan. Known only from northern Afghanistan (provinces Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Kunduz, Takhar; Wagner et al. 2016 ). Our records ( Fig. 5 ). Kaldar, Balkh (8 October 2011), one adult individual ( Fig. 7A ) approx. 10 m from a newly dug canal in the stony, semi-desert habitat near the Amu-Darya River ( Fig. 10B ). Remarks. The species is mentioned by Wagner et al. (2016) from the locality " Amu-Darya swamps, nr. Darquad, N of Djangi Quala, [Takhar Prov., 400 m] (ZMK 2562) " but coordinates presented for this locality are the same as for " Amu-Darya, N of Kunduz " (see therein Appendix 1, p. 551). Therefore, the distribution point from Takhar Prov. is not mapped and presented in Fig. 5 of this study. Our record is currently the northernmost locality of the species in Afghanistan, only ca. 1500 m from the border with Tajikistan and 4000 m from the border with Uzbekistan. Although our record clearly corresponds with the distribution range of the species in the country and colouration and pattern of the species corresponds with E. nigrocellata , we present this record as "affiliated" . Figure 7. Observed species of the Lacertidae family from Afghanistan: A - adult individual of Eremias aff. nigrocellata from Kaldar, Balkh; B - adult male and female of E. persica displaying mating behaviour and juveniles (C, D) from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; E, F - adult male and female of Mesalina watsonana from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar.