Widespread in sand desert of Karakalpakstan south through the Kyzylkum. In Karakalpakstan, reported from the Shakhpakhty area and Sarygamysh depression S Kungirot (Qo’n’irat) district, south of the Aral Sea and through the Amu Darya deltaic plain. In the Kyzylkum recorded as far north as the Uchkuduk area, N Navoi. Further south, most records are from about Alat (SW Bukhara province), east to dunes 35-45 km SSW of Lake Ayakagytma and SE Navoi. No records were located from the Sundukli Sands in Uzbekistan but documented in adjacent Turkmenistan.

Source: D.A. Showler (2018): A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Republic of Uzbekistan with a review and summary of species distribution