Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus Boulenger, 1887:497

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 476-477

Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus Boulenger, 1887:497

1887 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus Boulenger , Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. III. Lacertidae , Gerrhosauridae , Scincidae , Anelytropsidae , Dibamidae , Chamaeleontidae . Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom. xii + 575 pp., pls. I–XL.

SYNTYPES.— BMNH 1946.8.28. 44–49 , BMNH 1946.8.28. 36–38, and ZISP 7363 [ex BMNH specimen], from “between Nushki and Helmand.”

LOCALITIES.— 12 km SE (by air) of Daruishan ( Rigestan Sand Dunes ) (2350 ft.) ( MVZ 236904– 10 ) ; 10 km NE of Darweshan ( CAS 120008–25 ) ; 35 km S of Darweshan ( CAS 120001–07 ) ; 56 km S and 10 km E of Darweshan ( CAS 120026–48 ) ; 20 mi SE Kandahar [31°20′N, 65°50′E] ( CAS 97980 , CAS 103786 ) ; 48 km SE of Kandahar ( CAS 120049–60 ) ; 5 km (by air) of Takhteh Pol (Rigestan Sand Dunes at W side of Kadeney Rud [river]), ca. 40 km SSE Kandahar (by road to Quetta) [3350 ft.] ( MVZ 236889–903 ) [see pl. 4, fig. 2 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Clark (1990) mentioned the species as abundant in the sand desert margins of Darweshan and Kandahar. Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) provide an additional record from the

Sistan area, but this is in error because of wrong coordinates (Sindaco, pers. comm. Nov. 2013), whereas the original records refer to Helmand Province ( Boulenger 1889).