Eremias lalezharica Moravec, 1994

HOLOTYPE. NMP6 V 34555 /3.

TYPE LOCALITY. Lalezhar [Laleh Zar], Kerman Prov., Iran.

DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 97. Kerman Prov.; until recently known only from the type locality, second distribution record was published by Hosseinian Yousefkhani & Rastegar-Pouyani (2013b) .

HABITAT. The types were collected in open fields with large solitary stones washed down from the slopes of Mt. Lalehzar. The area is a degraded steppe with vegetation consisting of Artemisia herba-alba, Astragalus, Ferula, Salvia, and Zygophyllum; and gardens and fields with Ligurus sativus and poplar, wet meadows with Carex, Eleocharis, Juncus, Mentha, Orchis, and Pedicularis . The new locality by Hosseinian Yousefkhani & RastegarPouyani (2013b) at 2890 m of altitude is characterized by a cold montane climate with relatively wet conditions.

REFERENCES. Moravec (1994); Anderson (1999); Hosseinian Yousefkhani & Rastegar-Pouyani (2013b).