Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran Author Šmíd, Jiří Author Moravec, Jiří Author Kodym, Petr Author Kratochvíl, Lukáš Author Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Author Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar jirismd@gmail.com. Author Frynta, Daniel text Zootaxa 2014 2014-08-20 3855 1 1 97 journal article 4341 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 1f4f2c28-d4fa-487a-bf83-988cc35518ea 1175-5326 4929701 0E2D2B7C-7A96-4CAB-87F2-87A785F88D7F Darevskia raddei ( Boettger, 1892 ) LECTOTYPE . SMF 12054, designated by Mertens (1967) ; Holotype RUZM- LL70.1 ( D. r. chaldoranensis ) ; Holotype NMW 32999 ( D. r. vanensis ) . TYPE LOCALITY. “Njuwady im mittleren Araxesthal” [= Nyuvadi, Armenia ]. DISTRIBUTION. Transcaucasia south of the Grater Caucasus range, E Turkey , NW Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 86 . The NW projection of the country ( West Azerbaijan , East Azerbaijan , Ardabil , Zanjan , and Gilan Prov. ). There are two subspecies occurring in this relatively small area: the nominotypical one in the eastern part of the range and D. r. chaldoranensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Karamiani, Oraei, Khosrawani & Rastegar-Pouyani in the west . HABITAT. Various rocky habitats as barren rocks, rocky river banks, stony habitats in forest and mountain steppes, ruins, and stone walls. REMARKS. Although Anderson (1999) tentatively assigned the populations north of Lake Urmia [Urumiyeh] to D. r. vanensis (Eiselt, Schmidtler & Darevsky) , Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2011b) re-assigned them to D. r. chaldoranensis . REFERENCES. Eiselt et al. (1993) ; Schmidtler et al. (1994) ; Eiselt (1995) ; Anderson (1999) ; Fu et al. (2000) ; Arnold et al. (2007) ; Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2011b) ; Dehghani et al. (2014a ,b).