Central and southern Zagros mountains.
30 km SW of Yasuj (Kohgiluyeh and Boyer - Ahmad Province), Pire Ghar, south of Farsan city (Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province), Nil Mountain, Pir-e-Zal (30°50`N, 50° 44`E) (Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province), Margoon waterfall (30° 29`N, 51° 53`E), Tizab valley (30° 17` N, 51° 56`E, 2245 m a.s.l.) in Fars Province.
Source: Nilson, G. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Andrén, C. (2003) - Lacertas of South and Central Zagros Mountains, Iran, with descriptions of two new taxa. - Russian Journal of Herpetology, 10 (1): 11-24.
Karamiani, R. & Dabid, S. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. (2015) - Sexual dimorphism of the Yassujian lizard, Apathya yassujica (Nilson et al. 2003) (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Iran. - Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 9 (1): 42-48.