Acanthodactylus blanfordii Boulenger, 1918

SYNTYPES. BMNH 1946.9.3.54–55, BMNH 1946.9.8.33–34, BMNH 1946.9.8.43–44 .

TYPE LOCALITY. Originally “Perse et Béloutchistan”; syntypes from Bam and Jask [Iran] and Dasht and Mand [Pakistan], although Boulenger (1921) listed only Bam and Mand .

DISTRIBUTION. SE Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and N Oman.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 70. Hormozgan, Kerman, and Sistan and Baluchistan Prov .

HABITAT. In Iran confined to lowland sandy habitats with scattered Acacia and Tamarix (Anderson 1999; Heidari & Kami 2009).

REMARKS. Both morphology and DNA data recover A. blanfordii as a sister species of A. schmidti (Arnold 1983; Harris & Arnold 2000).

REFERENCES. Salvador (1982); Arnold (1983); Anderson (1999); Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2011a); Heidari et al. (2012a).