Iran / Alborz Mountain range in northern Iran (Tehran Province). 

Species:

Eremias papenfussi  MOZAFFARI, AHMADZADEH & PARHAM, 2011

Common names:

Papenfuss Racerunner (English)
Papenfuss Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: ZFMK 91701 (♂), 59 mm snout-vent length (SVL), collected 14 April 2009; Paratypes: PHIM

Terra Typica:

Sooleghan Mountains (35° 47` 44.9` N, 51° 14` 20.2` E, elevation 1794 m) Tehran Province in the Alborz Mountain Range, Iran.


Taxonomic notes:

Subgenus Aspidorhinus


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Mozaffari, O. & Ahmadzadeh, F. & Parham, J. F. (2011) -  Eremias papenfussi sp. nov., a new lacertid lizard (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Tehran Province, Iran -  Zootaxa, 3114: 57-62.    

 
 

Iran

 
 
 
 
 

Eremias papenfussi  © 2011 Omid Mozaffari