Phrynocephalus scutellatus ( Olivier, 1807 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493441 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387F2-FF86-FFB2-FF5B-49CE5439FEB0 |
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Felipe |
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Phrynocephalus scutellatus ( Olivier, 1807 ) |
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Phrynocephalus scutellatus ( Olivier, 1807)
HOLOTYPE. MNHN 6947 About MNHN .
TYPE LOCALITY. “Au pied de la montagne” [= Mt. Sophia , near Esfahan, Esfahan Prov., Iran] .
DISTRIBUTION. Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan up to the Makran and Sulaiman Mountain ranges.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 19 View FIGURES 14–19. 14 . Widely distributed all over the central Iranian Plateau but not crossing the Zagros in the west and the Alborz in the north.
HABITAT. Flat gravel desert plains with very little vegetation. Avoids sandy or clayey substrates. Found up to 2300 m elevation ( Anderson 1999).
REMARKS. A single record from Kermanshah Prov. (USNM 69902) is most probably a misidentified animal. REFERENCES. Anderson (1999, 2000).
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