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 Darevskia chlorogaster ( Boulenger, 1908 ) LECTOTYPE . BMNH 1946.9 .2.29, designated by Ahmadzadeh et al. (2013a) . TYPE LOCALITY. Enzeli [= Bandar Anzali, Gilan Prov. , Iran ]. DISTRIBUTION. Azerbaijan , N Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 81 . Western part of the Caspian Sea coast ( Gilan and Mazandaran Prov. ) . HABITAT. A forest species inhabiting the deciduous Hyrcanian forests on the northern foothills of the Alborz . It readily climbs tree trunks and rock walls in search of patches of sunlight. REMARKS. Prior to the taxonomic changes proposed by Ahmadzadeh et al. (2013a) D. chlorogaster was considered widely distributed along the Caspian Sea coasts from Azerbaijan up to the central Kopet Dagh. However, Ahmadzadeh et al. (2013a) recognized the eastern populations as two distinct species ( D. caspica and D. kamii ) and restricted D. chlorogaster to the western part of the coast ( Gilan and Mazandaran Prov. ). Aside from the Caspian range there is a single record from Qom from the city gardens which is believed to be a result of an inadvertent import with vegetation from the Caspian area ( Anderson 1999 ). REFERENCES. Eiselt (1995) ; Anderson (1999) ; Arnold et al. (2007) ; Hosseinian Yousefkhani & Arab (2012) ; Ahmadzadeh et al. (2013a) .