Southeast Romania (Black Sea coast) and southwest Russia (up to the north Caucasus in the south and to the Ural river in the east) and Kazakhstan.  

Subspecies:

arguta deserti  (GMELIN, 1789)

Synonyms:

Lacerta deserti   GMELIN, 1789

Terra Typica:

Yaik steppe (between the Volga and the Urals).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Gmelin, J.F. (1789) -  Description of Eremias arguta deserti. -  In: Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom 1, Pars 3: 1033-1516.