Phrynocephalus scutellatus (Olivier, 1807)

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 : 478-479

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Phrynocephalus scutellatus
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Phrynocephalus scutellatus View in CoL (Olivier, 1807:196 [octavo ed.], 110 [quarto ed.], pl. 42, fig. 1 [Atlas])

1807 Agama scutellata Olivier, Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premiéres années de la République, octavo edition, Tome Cinquième. H. Agasse, Paris, France. (4) + xv + 458 + (1) pp. and 1807 Agama scutellata Olivier, Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. quarto edition. Tome Troisième. Henri Agasse, Paris, France. vii + 566 + (11) pp.; 1807 Agama scutellata Olivier, Atlas pour server au Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Toisième Livraison. H. Agasse, Paris, France. viii pp., pls. 34–50.

HOLOTYPE.— MNHN 6947 About MNHN , from “au pied de la montagne (nommeéSophia ou Sophissar , en vue d’Ispahan) [= Mt. Sophia, near Esfahan, Esfahan Province, Iran].”

SYNONYMS.— Phrynocephalus tickelii Gray, 1845 from “ Afghanistan.” Phrynocephalus olivieri var. brevipes Nikolskii, 1906 from “Naim-abad [Damysan] in Chorosano occidentale; Descht-i- Kewir; Dshandak in Kuchistano occidentale”. Phrynocephalus olivieri var. carinipes Nikolskii, 1906 from “Pudschk-Kupa; Dschandak in Kuchistano occidenatli”.

LOCALITIES.— Btw. “Cia-i-Baloch [= Robat-i-Shah Baloch] and Cia-i-Lagun, camp 1” ( MZUF 24006–12 View Materials ) ; btw. Ghazni and Mukur [32°53′N, 67°48′E] ( CAS 97992 About CAS ) GoogleMaps ; 35 mi downstream from Girishk, Dasht-i-Margo Area, Chah-i-Angir ( CAS 84654–59 About CAS , CAS 84663–68 About CAS ) ; btw. Ghazni and Dasht-e-Nawar ( ZFMK 41341 About ZFMK ) ; 20 mi SE of Kandahar [31°23′N, 65°53′E] ( CAS 97978–79 About CAS ) GoogleMaps ; 32 km N of Kandahar ( CAS 120210 About CAS ) ; 35 mi NW Kandahar , on desert plain just east of Helmand River ( CM 49545–47 ) ; N edge of village of Kara Bagh ( CAS 97992 About CAS , CAS 90794 About CAS , CAS 90796– 7 About CAS ) ; Seistan [Faizabad Prov.] ( ZMUC R-36207) [see pl. 4, fig. 7 for distribution] .

REMARKS.— Boulenger (1889:96) mentioned 22 specimens of “ Phrynocephalus olivieri ” from “Nushki to Helmand ” and six from “ Helmand.” Bauer and Adler (2003) provided bibliographic details for Olivier’s “Voyage.” The quarto and octavo versions of the work were apparently published simultaneously and a single version of the “Atlas” complemented both text editions .

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Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Phrynocephalus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Agama

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