Uromastyx asmussi (Strauch, 1863)

HOLOTYPE. ZISP 3029.

TYPE LOCALITY. Seri-Tschah [Sar Chah], South Khorasan Prov., Iran.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 148. From central Iran S of Tehran eastwards and southwards through the deserts to South Khorasan and Sistan and Baluchistan Prov .

HABITAT. Stony and gravelly plains and rocky hills with shrubby vegetation.

REMARKS. A sister species to U. loricata (Wilms et al. 2009) .

REFERENCES. Anderson (1999); Wilms (2005); Wilms et al. (2009).