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 Scincus Laurenti, 1768 Scincus scincus ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) HOLOTYPE . NHRM 141 a ; Syntypes BMNH 1946.8.20.55–57 (ex. BMNH 79.8.15.1–3) ( S. s. conirostris ) . TYPE LOCALITY. “in montosis Lybiae, Aegypti, Arabiae petreae” [= in the mountains of Libya , Egypt , and Sinai ]. DISTRIBUTION. North Africa from Algeria and Niger along the Mediterranean coast through Tunisia , Libya , Egypt to Israel , Syria , Jordan and western part of the Arabian Peninsula to SW Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 139 . Khuzestan and Bushehr Prov. There are enigmatic records in central Sistan and Baluchistan Prov. separated from other known localities by a distance of about 1000 km . Nevertheless , owing to that the voucher specimens are deposited in different collections ( CAS , SUHC ) and were collected by different people, the records seem reliable . HABITAT. A typical sand-swimmer confined to loose sand habitat on sand dunes and windblown sandy patches. REMARKS. The subspecies S. s. conirostris Blanford ( type locality Tangyak , 7 miles south of Bushire [ Bushehr ], Bushehr Prov. ) inhabiting the eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula occurs in Iran . REFERENCES. Arnold & Leviton (1977) ; Anderson (1999) .