Iran, Azerbaijan and Türkiye / Northwest Iran, southernmost Azerbaijan and an area in eastern Türkiye (Yamanyurt Village, Saray, Van). 

Subspecies:

Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii  (DE FELIPPI, 1863)

Types:

Type: MRSN (= MSNTO) R2702

Terra Typica:

Basmenj southeastern Täbris (= Tabriz) in northwestern Iran.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Filippi, F. de (1863) -  Nuove o poco note specie di animali vertebrati raccolte in un viaggio in Persia.  -  Archivio per la Zoologia, l’Anatomia e la Fisiologia (Genova), 2: 377-394.   

  • Rajabizadeh, M. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Khosravani, A. & Barani-Beiranvand, H. & Faizi, H. & Oraei, H. (2010) -  New records of lacertid genera, Iranolacerta and Apathya (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Iran. -  Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 6 (2): 21-32.    

  • Avci, A. & Ilgaz, C. & Bozkurt, E. & Üzüm, N. & Olgun, K. (2015) -  A New Record of Iranolacerta brandtii (DE FILIPPI, 1863) (SAURIA: LACERTIDAE) in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 22 (1): 68-74.    

  • Yildiz, M.Z. & Igci, N. (2015) -  On the occurrence of the Persian Lizard, Iranolacerta brandtii (DE Felippi, 1863) (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae) in Eastern anatolia, Turkey.  -  Biharean Biologist, 9 (1): online first. 6 pp.