Phrynocephalus helioscopus (Pallas, 1771) Sunwatcher Toadhead Agama

Keywords., John Mulder, 2019, Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Mount Ararat and surroundings, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 175) 13 (1), pp. 162-172 : 165

Phrynocephalus helioscopus (Pallas, 1771) Sunwatcher Toadhead Agama

The distribution of this species in Turkey is confined almost entirely within the area treated here and the plains around the foot of Mount Ararat. These plains are currently under threat due to development activities. Only Mulder (1995) mentioned its occurrence along the river Aras near Tuzluca.

Méhely (1894): Aralık, 1893; Mertens (1952): “Basköyü” (=Aralık), 1942; Clark and Clark (1973): three km west of Doğubayazıt, two km north of Doğubayazıt, 10 km south of Iğdır, 1967; Baran (1980): Devlet Üretme Çiftliği (State farm), 1969 and TaȘburun Köyü Iğdır, 1977; Daszak and Cawthraw (1991): two km east of Doğubayazıt, 1989; Mulder (1995): east of Tuzluca, 1991 and 1992; Franzen and Heckes (1999): northeast of Karabulak (Ağrı) and south of Iğdır, 1990; Baran et al. (2004): six km southwest of Aralık, 2000; Schneider and Schneider (in litt): Aralık (39°50’10”N 44°31’21”E), 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014; Göçmen (web): Aralık, 2011; Tosunoğlu et al. (2011): between Karakoyunlu and Taşburun, Iğdır, 2008; Çiçek et al. (2012): Aralık.