Iran / widely in the Zagros Mountains including Kermanshah, Lorestan, Ilam and Khuzestan Provinces of Iran. 

Species:

Acanthodactylus zagrosicus  MOZAFFARI et al., 2021

Synonyms:

Acanthodactylus boskianus  RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 1999

Acanthodactylus boskianus  ŠMID et al., 2014

Acanthodactylus boskianus  HEIDARI et al., 2014

Acanthodactylus boskianus  MOZAFFARI et al., 2016

Common names:

Zagrosian Fringe-fingered lizard (English)
Zagros Fransenfingereidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: ZFMK103173. Adult male. Collected from the roadside from Gotvand to Saland (around 60 km east of Dezful city, Khuzestan Province, Iran), 32.447650, 48.874067 at an elevation of 460 m a.s.l. on April 2005 by OMID MOZAFFARI.

Paratype: ZFMK103174. Adult female. Collection details as the holotype.

Terra Typica:

Around 60 km east of Dezful city, Khuzestan Province, Iran.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Mozaffari, O. & Mohammadi, S. & Saberi-Pirooz, R. & Ahmadzadeh, F. (2021) -  A new species of Acanthodactylus Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Zagros Mountains, Iran -  Zootaxa, 5047(1), 17–32. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.2  

 
 

Iran

 
 
 
 
 

Acanthodactylus zagrosicus  © 2011 Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani