Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolskii, 1896)

Figs 3, 5G-I

Takhar records.

Bay Yawa Sharqi (Tundi Aman), 37.4223°N, 69.7543°E, 794 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 216); Bay Yawa Sharqi, 37.4248°N, 69.7633°E, 871 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 217); Bay Yawa Sharqi (Latakhali), 37.4322°N, 69.7399°E, 737 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one subadult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 222).

Distribution in Afghanistan.

Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh (Wagner et al. 2016) and Takhar Provinces, representing 12% of all provinces.

Chorotype.

Western Central-Asiatic Mountains.

Remarks.

This study provides the first records of this species for Takhar Province. Same as for P. badakhshana, we have no information on genetics of this species from Afghanistan. It is a widely distributed lizard in Central Asia, distributed from middle to high elevations (Baig et al. 2012). The geographic coordinates 33.422272°N, 63.662567°E given for the locality "Darrah-e-Andarab, vic. of Bani [Baghlan Prov., 2100 m]" located in Ghor Province (Wagner et al. 2016) are wrong and, thus, are corrected here to Andarab Valley in Baghlan Province, approx. 35.6265°N, 69.2152°E.