Eremias andersoni Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978

HOLOTYPE. MMTT 1671.

TYPE LOCALITY. 40–45 km E of Darja-i Nimek [= Daryacheh-ye Namak] lake (34°30' N, 52°40' E), Dasht-e Kavir, Semnan Prov., Iran .

DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 90. Known only from three localities in the western Dasht-e Kavir desert, Semnan Prov.

HABITAT. Sandy areas in a stony desert with shrubby vegetation. They can climb well on shrubs.

REFERENCES. Darevsky & Szczerbak (1978); Anderson (1999, 2000).