Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011

Eremias papenfussi Mozaffari, Ahmadzadeh & Parham, 2011: 57 .

COMMON NAME. — Papenfuss’s Racerunner.

HOLOTYPE. — ZFMK 91701.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Sooleghan Mountains (35°47’44.9”N, 51°14’20.2”E), Tehran Province in the Alborz Mountain Range.

DISTRIBUTION. — In addition to the localities of the holotype and paratypes, other specimens were collected from the Vard Avard region in Tehran Province (35°47’56.48”N, 51°7’34.40”E) .

HABITAT. — Part of the Alborz Mountains consists of mild rocky slopes. The dominant vegetation is Amygdalus, Astragalus and annual grasses.

IUCN. — Not evaluated.

REFERENCE. — Mozaffari et al. (2011a).