Acanthodactylus nilsoni Rastegar-Pouyani, 1998

HOLOTYPE. GNHM 5145.

TYPE LOCALITY. 5 km S of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah Prov., Iran.

DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 76. Known only from the type locality and its vicinity .

HABITAT. Sandy and stony hills with luxuriant bushes including Alhagi, Artemisia, Astragalus, Euphorbia, Tamarix, and Zygophyllum .

REMARKS. The type locality lies about 7 km E of the borders with Iraq, therefore the occurrence of A. nilsoni in Iraq can be expected .

REFERENCES. Rastegar-Pouyani (1998a); Anderson (1999).