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 Acanthodactylus micropholis Blanford, 1874 SYNTYPES . BMNH 1946.9.3.71–72, ZMB 9333 , ZSI 5301 . TYPE LOCALITY. Originally Gedrosia, Baluchistan; specified by Smith (1935) to Magas, Sistan and Baluchistan Prov., Iran . DISTRIBUTION. SE Iran , W Pakistan . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 75 . Sistan and Baluchistan, Hormozgan Prov. So far only a single record from Kerman Prov. (specimen deposited in the Tehran museum, see Anderson (1999)) has been published. Nevertheless, it is very likely that the species distribution spans across this province continuously. Recently, Kamali (2013b) reported the first record of A. micropholis from Bushehr Prov. situated 480 km W of the previously confirmed westernmost locality. HABITAT. Unlike most other members of the genus confined to sand, A. micropholis is in Iran mostly found on gravel or hard soil substrate with scattered shrubby vegetation. On the other hand, Pakistani populations inhabit sandy stream beds and canyons ( Minton 1966 ; Khan 2006 ). REFERENCES. Salvador (1982) ; Arnold (1983) ; Anderson (1999) ; Harris & Arnold (2000) ; Kamali (2013b) .