Species:

Iranolacerta zagrosica  (RASTEGAR-POUYANI & NILSON, 1998)

Synonyms:

Lacerta zagrosica  RASTEGAR-POUYANI & NILSON, 1998

Iranolacerta zagrosica  ARNOLD et al. 2007

Common names:

Zagros Mountain Lacerta (English)

Types:

Holotype: GNM 5149 (given as GNHM, Göteborg).

Terra Typica:

32º58`N, 50º40`E, 3 km NW Fereydin Shahr, about 140 km NW Esfahan, Zagros Mountains, Esfahan Province, Iran, 2450 m elevation.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Nilson, G. (1998) -  A new species of Lacerta (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Zagros Mountains, Esfahan Province, west-central Iran. -  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 50 (10): 267-277.  

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• Rajabizadeh, M. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Khosravani, A. & Barani-Beiranvand, H. & Faizi, H. & Oraei, H. (2010) -  New records of lacertid genera, Iranolacerta and Apathya (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Iran. -  Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 6 (2): 21-32.    

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  This report presents a new record of Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii from 30 km south of Tekab City, West Azarbaijan Province and 130 km south of the previously known distribution range of the subspecies; a new record of Iranolacerta zagrosica in Kaljonun mountain peak, Lorestan Province, about 70 km northwest of the type locality; a new record of Apathya cappadocica urmiana in the Manesht protected area in Ilam Province, which is the southernmost known locality of the subspecies; and a new record of Apathya yassujica in Pire Ghar, south of Farsan city in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, about 200 km northwest of the type locality.