W Uzbekistan, S Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (Osch region, Talas Valley, Chuy Valley). 

Subspecies:

arguta uzbekistanica  CHERNOV, 1934

Types:

Holotype: ZISP 10093, Uzbekistan, Golodnaya Steppe Station, Central Asian Railway, 05.1903, Coll. G.G. Jacobson

Terra Typica:

Golodnaya Steppe, Uzbekistan.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Chernov, S.A. (1934) -  Über die Unterarten und die Verbreitung von Eremias arguta (PALL.). -  Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriia Biologicheskaia, 3 (8-9): 666-668.